16TH SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES :
Venue : Tokyo, Japan
Motto: United by Emotion
Scheduled : (24 August to 05 Sep)
Nine international sports
Nations : 162
Athletes : 4,403
54 Indian athletes: (40 men, 14 women)
India wraps up Tokyo Paralympic games with largest-ever haul of 19 medals; Tokyo Paralympics, in its best ever performance India bagged 19 medals with five Gold, eight Silver and six bronze . Indian finished 24th in the medals tally
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MEDALS TALLY
G. S. B. Ttl
1 China 96 60 51 207
2 Britain 41 38 45 124
3 US. 37 36 31 104
24 India 05 08 06 19
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1. Avani Lekhara -Gold
Women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1
2. Sumit Antil- Gold
Men’s javelin throw
3. Pramod Bhagat- Gold
Men’s singles badminton SL3
4. Manish Narwal -Gold
Men’s 50m pistol SH1
5.Krishna Nagar – Gold
Men’s Singles SH6
Badminton
6. Suhas Yathiraj – silver
men’s singles SL4
Badminton
7. Singhraj Adhana- Silver
Men’s 50m pistol SH1
8. Bhavina Patel- Silver
Women’s singles table tennis Class 4 category
9. Nishad Kumar- Silver
Men’s high jump T47
10. Devendra Jhajharia -Silver
Men’s javelin throw F46
11. Yogesh Kathuniya -Silver
Men’s discus throw F5
12. Mariyappan Thangavelu- Silver
Men’s high jump T42
13. Praveen Kumar- Silver
Men’s high jump T64
14. Sundar Singh Gurjar- Bronze
Men’s javelin throw F46
15. Singhraj Adhana- Bronze
Men’s 10m air pistol shooting SH1
16. Sharad Kumar- Bronze
Men’s high jump T42
17. Avani Lekhara- Bronze
Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting SH1
18. Harvinder Singh- Bronze
Men’s individual recurve – open archery
19. Manoj Sarkar -Bronze-
Men’s singles badminton SL3
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Avani Lekhara has become the 1st Indian women to win two Paralympic medals at a single edition of the Paralympics on September 3, 2021.
(a) Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (SH1) event
(b) Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing (SH1)
Shooter Avani Lekhara leaded Team India’s contingent as flag-bearer in the Tokyo Paralympics closing ceremony on 05 Sep. Games end with glittering closing ceremony.
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India vs England 4th Test , Day 4: England were 77 for no loss at stumps on the fourth day of action, chasing a mammoth target of 368 in the fourth Test of the five-match series against India.
Ind: 191 & 466
Eng (32 over target 368) 290 & 77/0
ENG still need 291 runs to win
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
