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ITANAGAR, 1 Dec:<\/strong> Arunachal Pradesh finished runner-up behind champions Assam at the 2nd North East Para Games 2025. Tripura secured the third position.<\/p>\n Arunachal bagged 23 gold, 31 silver and 30 bronze medals – its highest-ever medal haul in the Games.<\/p>\n Arunachal had won 15 gold, 21 silver, and 17 bronze medals in the inaugural edition of the Games.<\/p>\n The North East Para Games is the largest classification-based multi-sport competition platform for divyangjan (athletes with disabilities) from all the Northeastern states.<\/p>\n Arunachal competed in para athletics (T11, T13, T20, T35, T40, T55, F11, F46, F57, F 45, F44), para badminton (SL-3, SL-4, SU-5, SH-6), para table tennis (S6, S10), para swimming (50m & 100m freestyle), para chess (general and visual impairment VI\/VIB), and boccia (BC-2, BC-3, BC-4).<\/p>\n Chief Minister Pema Khandu hailed the state’s para-athletes for delivering a ‘historic performance’ at the Games.<\/p>\n “Heartiest congratulations to Team Arunachal Pradesh for a historic performance at the 2nd North East Para Games 2025, Guwahati! Our para-athletes made the state proud by finishing runner-up in the overall medal tally, winning a remarkable 84 medals – 23 gold, 31 silver and 30 bronze,” Khandu said in a post on X.<\/p>\n Calling the achievement inspirational, the chief minister said the medal haul across several sporting disciplines reflects “the courage, talent and unwavering spirit of our divyangjan sportspersons.”<\/p>\n “Proud of every athlete, coach and the Paralympic Association of Arunachal (PAA) for this milestone,” Khandu said.<\/p>\n The chief minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening opportunities for para-athletes, saying their success would continue to inspire countless young talents across the state.<\/p>\n Organised by the Assam Sports and Youth Affairs Department in collaboration with the Paralympic Committee of India, the three-day event, held from 27 November, brought together para-athletes from all eight Northeastern states.<\/p>\n The multi-sport meet aims to promote inclusivity, provide a competitive platform for differently-abled athletes and encourage greater institutional support for para-sports in the region.<\/p>\n This year’s edition saw significantly higher participation than its debut edition in 2023, reflecting growing interest and investment in para-sport infrastructure across the Northeast. (With PTI input)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITANAGAR, 1 Dec: Arunachal Pradesh finished runner-up behind champions Assam at the 2nd North East Para Games 2025. Tripura secured the third position. Arunachal bagged 23 gold, 31 silver and 30 bronze medals – its highest-ever medal haul in the Games. Arunachal had won 15 gold, 21 silver, and 17 bronze medals in the inaugural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}