New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- India registered their best medal tally in the World Para Athletics Championships history, as a bronze from Praveen Kumar, Ekta Bhyan's silver, and Soman Rana's silver took the nation's medal tally to 18 in New Delhi on Monday.

India has outdone their medal tally from the Kobe WPAC edition of 2024, where they secured 17 medals: six gold, five silver and six bronze. Now they have a total of 18: six gold, seven silver and five bronze medals.

The spotlight was well and truly on Praveen Kumar on Saturday evening.

Praveen deserved every bit of it. He had brought the country glory multiple times in the past, for one thing. Besides, India needed just one more gold medal to achieve their best haul in terms of gold in the h...