MEDALS TALLY
G. S. B. Ttl
01 China 62 38 32 132
02 G.BRTN 29 23 28 80
03 RPC 25 16 33 74
04 USA 24 24 15 63
30. IND. 02 05 03 10
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ShootingWomen’s R2 –10 m air rifle :
Avani Lekhara -Gold
Men’s Javelin Throw F64 –Sumit Antil – Gold
Table Tennis: Bhavina Patel -Silver
Men’s High Jump T47-Nishad Kumar -Silver
Men’s Discus Throw F56-Yogesh Kathuniya-Silver
Javelin throw-Devendra Jhajharia- Silver
Men’s High Jump event- Mariyappan Thangavelu – Silver
Discus throw- Vinod Kumar -Bronze
Men’s High Jump event- Sharad Kumar- Bronze
Shooting.-Singhraj Adana -Bronze
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2. PM Modi on 31 Aug (Tuesday) took to his official Twitter handle to congratulate Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar for clinching medals for India in Tokyo Paralympics. PM Modi has also congratulated shooter Singhraj Adhana for clinching the bronze medal. Now India medal tally increase 10.
3. Rajasthan government has nominated shooter Avani Lekhara, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, as the brand ambassador of the ”Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign in the state.
4. 2020 Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra praised the Indian athletes for their wonderful performance so far in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic. Olympic hero Neeraj Chopra urges India to support Paralympian contingent in Tokyo. He said, “Paralympians are doing a great job. They’re playing well and creating world records. They need a lot of support and motivation from the countrymen”.
5. Indian boxers dominated the Asian Youth Championships, notching up six gold medals along with nine silver and five bronze in the event where the women’s competition was significantly depleted due to pullouts caused by COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
Preeti Dahiya (60kg), Sneha Kumari (66kg), Khushi (75kg) and Neha (54kg) youth women boxers emerged champions on the final day of the 2021 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships. India concluded its successful campaign with 39 medals, including 14 gold, in Dubai.
India had already won 19 medals, including eight gold, five silver and six bronze medals, in the junior event played earlier. The youth boxers added 20 more (six gold, nine silver and five bronze) to India’s tally at the prestigious continental event, where both the age groups, junior and youth were played together for the first time.
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