new delhi prime minister narendra modi on tuesday said that his government was giving special training to paraathletes to help them win medals in the paralympics the pinnacle for speciallyabled sportspersonsaddressing the nation from the ramparts of the red fort on the 77th independence day modi also said even children from the slums were showing might in the world of sportsas we work to build an accessible india for divyangjan we are also enabling my divyangjan to hoist the tricolor flag of india in paralympics we are giving special training to the players the prime minister saidnow look at the world of sports today the children who came out of the slums are showing might in the world of sportsparalympics which is held every four years is competed among speciallyabled sportspersons and is the counterpart of the olympics competed among ablebodied athletesindia produced the best ever performance in the tokyo paralympics in 2021 with a haul of 19 medals 5 gold 8 silver and 6 bronzeoverall india has won 31 medals 9 gold 12 silver and 10 bronze till now since it first competed in the paralympics in 1968the next paralympics will be held in paris in 2024