22 Paralympic sports, one for every athlete

• Para Athletics

  All impairment groups

  Track, field, jumps and throws across the widest range of classes. Gujarat's strongest discipline.

• Para Badminton

  Physical impairment

  Standing and wheelchair classes; a Paralympic sport since Tokyo 2020.

• Para Swimming

  Physical, vision & intellectual

  All four strokes across S1–S14 classes in pools of Olympic standard.

• Para Powerlifting

  Physical impairment

  Bench press, pure strength. Ten body-weight categories for men and women.

• Para Archery

  Physical impairment

  Recurve and compound events, shot standing or from a wheelchair.

• Shooting Para Sport

  Physical impairment

  Rifle and pistol events in SH1 and SH2 classes.

• Para Table Tennis

  Physical & intellectual

  Eleven classes, wheelchair and standing, singles and doubles.

• Para Judo

  Vision impairment

  Contested by athletes with vision impairment, starting from grip.

• Para Taekwondo

  Physical impairment

  Kyorugi (sparring) for athletes with upper-limb impairment.

• Para Cycling

  Physical & vision

  Road and track on bicycles, tricycles, handcycles and tandems.

• Wheelchair Basketball

  Physical impairment

  Fast five-a-side team sport with point-based team classification.

• Wheelchair Tennis

  Physical impairment

  Same court, same rules, the ball may bounce twice.

• Wheelchair Fencing

  Physical impairment

  Foil, épée and sabre from fixed wheelchairs.

• Wheelchair Rugby

  Physical impairment

  Mixed-gender, full-contact team sport for athletes with impairment in all four limbs.

• Sitting Volleyball

  Physical impairment

  Six-a-side on a smaller court with a lower net.

• Goalball

  Vision impairment

  Three-a-side game with a bell ball, played blindfolded in silence.

• Blind Football

  Vision impairment

  Five-a-side football with an audible ball and sighted goalkeepers.

• Boccia

  Physical impairment

  Precision ball sport for athletes with high support needs.

• Para Canoe

  Physical impairment

  200 m sprints in kayak and va'a.

• Para Rowing

  Physical & vision

  2,000 m races in single, double and coxed four boats.

• Para Triathlon

  Physical & vision

  Swim, bike and run over the sprint distance.

• Para Equestrian

  Physical & vision

  Dressage tests in five grades.

Para climbing joins the programme at the LA28 Paralympic Games. Winter Paralympic sports are governed separately.