Three more medals are assured for India at Tokyo Paralympics with three Indian para-badminton players — Krishna Nagar, Pramod Bhagat and Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj — making it to finals in their respective classifications today. While Krishna Nagar reached final of the Men’s Singles (SH6), Pramod Bhagat is into gold match in Men’s Singles SL3 and…
Swimmer Suyash Jadhav disqualified
September 2, 2021Indian para swimmer Suyash Jadhav endured a disappointing outing in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB7 final of the ongoing Paralympic Games as he was disqualified for a rule violation in Tokyo on Wednesday. Jadhav, who won a gold in Asian Para Games in 2018 along with two bronze medals and a silver in the 2016…
Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24 – September 5): Aruna Tanwar loses quarterfinals, moves into repechage in Taekwondo
September 2, 2021India’s taekwondo player Aruna Tanwar today lost in the quarterfinals of Tokyo Paralympics in the K44-49 kg category. She now moved into the repechage quarterfinals round. In repechage, Aruna will face Royala Fataliyeva of Azerbaijan today at 2 pm (IST). Aruna faced off Peru’s Leonor Espinoza and trailed by 2-26 at the end of the…
Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24 – September 5): India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu wins silver, Sharad takes bronze in Men’s High Jump (T63)
September 1, 2021India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu won the silver medal while Sharad Kumar brought home the bronze in men’s high jump (T63) at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday. Thangavelu cleared 1.86m mark to win silver medal, while Sharad Kumar cleared 1.83m. Varun Singh Bhati, the third Indian in the fray, finished 7th in the event, managing to clear…
Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24 – September 5): Sumit Antil breaks WR thrice en route Javelin (F64) Gold
August 31, 2021Sandeep Chaudhary finishes fourth India’s Sumit Antil won gold in men’s javelin (F64) at the Tokyo Paralympics with a new World Record (WR) throw of 68.55m. Sumit Antil smashed the WR not once, not twice but thrice during the final in Tokyo on Monday. He threw 66.95 in his first attempt to set the new…
Shooter Singhraj wins bronze medal
August 31, 2021Even as Indian discus-thrower Vinod Kumar on Monday lost his F52 category bronze medal at the Paralympics here after being found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel, shooter Singhraj Adana today won bronze medal in Men’s P1 – 10 m Air Pistol SH1, taking the country’s medal tally to 8. The shooter…
Tokyo Paralympics: Shooter Avani first Indian woman to win gold
August 30, 2021Shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold medal as she topped the podium in women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing (SH1) event at the Tokyo Paralympics today. The Indian shooter created a Paralympics record and equalled Iryna Shchetnik’s world record that was set in 2018 with a score of 249.6…
Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24 – September 5): Devendra Jhajharia wins javelin silver, bronze for Sundar Singh Gurjar
August 30, 2021Discus-thrower Yogesh Kathuniya, high-jumper Nishad Kumar win silver medals; Another discus-throw bronze on hold Two-time gold-winning javelin-throw veteran Devendra Jhajharia clinched a stupendous third Paralympic medal, a silver this time, while discus-thrower Yogesh Kathuniya also finished second as India surpassed its best ever medal tally at the Games today. Sundar Singh Gurjar also chipped in…
Tokyo Paralympics: India’s Bhavinaben Patel takes home historic silver
August 29, 2021Becomes only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics after Deepa Malik Bhavinaben Patel today became only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics after she signed off with a historic silver following a 0-3 loss to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the Women’s…
Tokyo Paralympic Games (August 24 – September 5): Afghan paralympians will compete in Tokyo: IPC
August 29, 2021Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes have arrived in Tokyo and will compete at the Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said yesterday. “The Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli were warmly welcomed to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Village,” the IPC said in a statement. With the swift fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, the pair…















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