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| Abbreviation | KIPG |
|---|---|
| First event | 2023 |
| Occur every | Annual |
| Last event | 2025 |
| Purpose | Enabling disabled athletes |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
| Website | Khelo India Para Games |
The Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) are an annual sports event under the Khelo India initiative for disabled athletes. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The inaugural KIPG was scheduled to happen in 2018, but did not take place, with Khelo India instead backing a separate competition called the Indian Open Para-Athletics Championship, which was held in Bengaluru. [5] Later, it was announced that the inaugural KIPG would take place in December 2023. [2]
One purpose of KIPG is to help disabled athletes receive recognition under the TOPS scheme. [6]
| Khelo India Para Games | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edition | Year | Host(s) | Start Date | End Date | Sports | Gold | 1st Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | Ref | |||||||||
| | | | T | | | | T | | | | T | ||||||||
| I | 2023 | Delhi | 10 December | 17 December | 7 | 173 | [7] [8] | ||||||||||||
| 40 | 39 | 26 | 105 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 62 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 42 | ||||||||
| II | 2025 | Delhi | 20 March | 27 March | 6 | 189 | [9] [10] | ||||||||||||
| 34 | 39 | 31 | 104 | 28 | 19 | 27 | 74 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 64 | ||||||||