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With the World Para Athletics Championships set to begin on Saturday, the Capital will witness some of the best in the business competing at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium: The fastest man in the T11 category, Athanasios Ghavelas is a two-time Paralympic champion and the World Champion from the 2023 edition. He will enter the competition with the aim of capturing his second world title after being disqualified from the 2024 final. The world record holder with a timing of 10.82s runs with a guide, a requirement for visually-impaired athletes. Xiaoyan Wen (China)- 100m T37, 400m T37, Long Jump T37 He is a serial medallist and has returned with a bagful of medals from every event she has participated in. She has nine Paralympic gold medals with five of them coming in the 2024 Paris edition, including in the 100m T37, 200m T37, long jump T37 and the 4x100m universal relay. Story continues below this ad At the World Championships, she has won seven gold medals. She will be defending her title in the 100m T37 and also compete in 400m T37 and Long Jump T37 events. Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) – 100m T53 Wheelchair racer Catherine Debrunner won five gold medals and one silver at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. She has eight World Championships medals, including five golds – four of which came at her last Worlds appearance in Paris. Apart from her exploits at the Paralympics and World Championships, Debrunner is a dominant name on the wheelchair Marathon circuit winning the Berlin and London Marathons three times each. Markus Rehm (Germany) – Long Jump T64 He is a well-known name among fans of Para Athletics and long jump. The 37-year-old, popularly known as ‘Blade Jumper’, has won nine world titles and five Paralympic gold medals in a career spanning over 13 years. Story continues below this ad Rehm holds the world record of 8.72m and is aiming to soar even further in New Delhi. Petrucion Ferreira (Brazil) – 100m T47 The 29-year-old sprinter is the fastest Paralympic athlete in the world. His personal best of 10.29 seconds can put able-bodied runners on their heels and the next fastest Paralympic athlete is Norway’s Salum Kashafali (T12) at 10.37 seconds. Ferreira has six World Championships golds, including four in the men’s 100m T47, and is a three-time Paralympic champion in the event.
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dition. He will enter the competition with the aim of capturing his second world title after being disqualified from the 2024 final. The world record holder with a timing of 10.82s runs with a guide, a requirement for visually-impaired athletes. Xiaoyan Wen (China)- 100m T37, 400m T37, Long Jump T37
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He is a serial medallist and has returned with a bagful of medals from every event she has participated in. She has nine Paralympic gold medals with five of them coming in the 2024 Paris edition, including in the 100m T37, 200m T37, long jump T37 and the 4x100m universal relay. Story continues belo
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