India’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…
Shooter 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…
Discus-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…
Afghanistan’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…
The Indian paddler Bhavina Patel enters a historic women’s singles Class 4 Final with a 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 victory over China’s Zhang Miao, a silver medallist at Rio 2016. The Indian will take on another Chinese in the final, World No. 1 Zhou Ying, for top spot on the podium tomorrow (Aug 29)…
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