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India's Super Athletes Won Lots of Medals! 🏅

India's brave athletes competed in Japan and brought home many medals 🏅.

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India earned 114 medals total.

30 gold, 35 silver, 49 bronze.

Para athletics gave the most medals.

World records were set in javelin and running.

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They won 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze medals, the most ever! 🎉

Special sports for athletes with disabilities are called para sports 🏃‍♀️.

Some athletes even set new world records, which means they were the fastest or farthest in the world 🌍.

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10 words

para‑athletes

sportspeople who have a disability and compete in special events

medal

a small metal prize given for winning a competition

gold

the highest prize medal

silver

the second‑place medal

bronze

the third‑place medal

record

the best result ever achieved

world record

the best result ever in the whole world

athletics

sports like running, jumping and throwing

javelin

a long spear that athletes throw far

disability

a condition that makes some activities harder, but people can still do many things

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