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PM Modi hailed India’s best-ever performance since making their debut at the Paralympic Games.
Navdeep Singh, who is getting regarded as Virat Kohli of his sport, became the second gold medallist for India in men’s javelin at the Paris Paralympic Games 2024 after Sumit Antil.
Oda became the youngest Paralympic wheelchair tennis men’s singles champion after he defeated World No. 1 ranked Alfie Hewett of Great Britain at the Roland Garros.
Navdeep Singh secured the gold, marking India’s first-ever victory in the men’s javelin throw F41 category at the Paralympic Games.
Hokato Sema won a bronze medal with his career-best throw of 14.65 meters in the men’s F57 category final at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Friday.
The 25th medal for India at the Paris Paralympics 2024 came with a stunning performance from Kapil Parmar in men’s judo J1 event.
With this, India’s best-ever medal record now boasts of 21 medals – three gold, eight silver and 10 bronze, with Khilari bringing in the 11th medal in para-athletics.
India added two silver and three bronze to breach their previous best record of 19 medals at the Paralympic Games.
Carnival Gaming’s content creator and India’s pride, Yogesh Kathuniya secured a silver in men’s discus throw F56 category.
The reigning world champion, Sumit Antil joined Avani Lekhara as he became the second Indian to defend the Paralympics title.
In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Monday, September 2 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar defeated the Italian pair in a tense bronze medal match by 156-155.
Suhas Yathiraj lost to Lucas Mazur in the men’s singles badminton SL4 final at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 as well.
Roderick Townsend has been a nemesis for Nishad Kumar since 2019 in different tournaments.
Nitesh Kumar registered a 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 win over Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell at Paris Paralympics 2024.
Yogesh Kathuniya is the ninth multiple medallist at the Paralympic Games in the history of Indian sports.
In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Sunday, September 1 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated medal winners Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis over a phone call.
Due to excessive rainfall, the wastewater and runoff went into the river, leading to rise in bacteria levels, including E. Coli.
In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Saturday, August 31 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
After finishing in seventh place at the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago, Rubina Francis improved on her performances in Paris to secure a third place.
In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Friday, August 30 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Preethi Pal secured a bronze medal, clocking 14.21 seconds, along with registering her new personal best.
Moreover, Avani Lekhara also became the second Indian para-athlete to win multiple gold medals at the Paralympic Games.
Zakia Khudadadi is a 25-year-old para-taekwondo fighter who left Afghanistan in 2021.
The final round of women’s 10m air rifle SH1 standing is scheduled to take place on Friday, August 30 at 3:15 pm (IST).
In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Thursday, August 29 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Neeraj Chopra took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to send his wishes to all the athletes who are competing in the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Here in this article, we’ll share the complete list of Indian para-athletes set to take part at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games across sports.
Here is the information about India’s para runner Rakshitha Raju.
The Paris Paralympics 2024 opening ceremony will take place in a dynamic ‘people’s parade’ from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde on Wednesday, August 28.
The 2024 Paris Paralympics will be held from August 28 till September 8 in the French capital.
The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was headed by Deepa Malik, India’s first female para-athlete to win a medal at Paralympics in Rio 2016.
Avani Lekhara, who was recognized as one of India’s Paralympic athletes of the year in the ceremony, also won another prestigious award earlier in the day.
Pramod wrote a heartfelt message on receiving the gift from his idol.
“I don’t want to sit and think all day about the medal that slipped from my hands,” Vinod Kumar says.
The Indian Prime Minister hosted the Paralympians on Thursday morning to felicitate them for their performances at the Games.
The committee will be meeting in the next few days to decide the winners of the top sporting honours of the country.
Notably, it was the Chinese Paralympic Committee that had sent a formal complaint against Thiago’s second and third attempts, which included his gold-winning 15.10m throw.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics is indeed India’s best-ever outing at the history of the competition.
China’s gold medals were 55 more than that of second-placed Great Britain’s.
India’s medal tally at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has helped it surpass its best tally of medals in a multi-sport event.
The Indian contingent had gone with 54 athletes in this edition of the Paralympics.
Nagar was diagnosed with dwarfism at the age of four.
It would be fair to say that the country’s largest contingent of 54 members lived up to all the expectations and as they bagged the record number of medals at the Paralympics.
Suhas thanked PM Modi, also remembering his advice of focusing on the games and not the results.
It was the People’s Republic of China who once again grabbed the limelight on Day 11 of the Paralympic Games.
With several Indian athletes in action on Day 11, let us look upon the performances of each of them in their respective games.
It was a cheeky drop shot which sealed the gold medal for Pramod as the Indian shuttler ran towards his coach, jumped over him and hugged him in a heartwarming celebration.
During the short clip, Nishad can be seen sharing a rather emotional moment with his mother.
Manish Narwal helped India bag the third gold medal of the ongoing Paralympic Games.
It was the People’s Republic of China who once again grabbed the limelight on Day 10 of the Paralympic Games.
With a plethora of Indian athletes in action on Day 10 of the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, let us look upon the detailed performance of each.
At the end of the tie-breaker, Praveen settled for silver but became the youngest Indian to win a medal at the Paralympic Games aged 18 years. He also broke the Asian record in the process.
Avani also became only the fourth Indian after Joginder Singh Bedi, Mariyappan Thangavelu and Devendra Jhajharia to win multiple medals at the Paralympics.
Prachi will be seen back in action in the second semifinal of the VL2 on Friday morning at 6:21 AM IST.
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizul Azumu has said that the country’s National Sports Council has been ordered to investigate the entire matter.
Hossain Rasouli and Zakia Khudadadi were able to compete in the Paralympics through an emergency operation last week.
It was the People’s Republic of China, who hogged the limelight again on Day 6 of the Paralympic Games.
It turned out to be another productive day for the Indian contingent at Tokyo Paralympics 2020 as India won a total of three medals.
Born in a poor family in Periavadagampatti village in Tamil Nadu, Mariyappan Thangavelu’s rise to the top has been full of hardships and struggles.
It was the People’s Republic of China who once again grabbed the limelight on Day 6 of the Paralympic Games.
The 23-year-old posted a video on his Twitter requesting everyone to follow the ongoing games and give more love and support to the participants in the coming days.
It turned out to be a productive day 6 for the Indian contingent at Tokyo Paralympics 2020 as India won a total of five medals.
Sumit Antil threw a monumental throw of 66.95M in his first attempt to better the previous World record.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also acknowledged Jhajharia’s achievement.
Yogesh was motivated by his college students’ union general secretary Sachin Yadav to take up Discus throw.
The Indian Prime Minister acknowledged Yogesh’s achievement and hailed him for his outstanding performance.
Vinod Kumar’s results have been marked as void by the technical committee.
Avani on Monday bagged a gold in the R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.
The 19-year-old finished with a total of 249.6, which is also a new Paralympic record.
It was the People’s Republic of China who once again fetched the limelight on Day 5 of the Paralympic Games
Bhavinaben Patel took the silver medal after losing in women’s table tennis (Class 4) final.
It was the Great Britain who fetched the limelight on Day 4 of the Paralympic Games.
Sundar Swami crashed out of the Men’s Individual Compound event while Javelin thrower Ranjeet Bhati failed to register any legal throw.
Bhavinaben Patel defeated China’s Miao Zhang to enter the final in the Class 4 segment.
Bhavina will face China’s Zhou Ying in the final. Notably, the 34-year-old had lost to Ying in straight games in her first match in Tokyo Paralympics in the group stages.
Bhavina Patel will next face China’s Miao Zhang in the semifinals on Saturday.
Bhavina had reached the ranking of World Number 2 by winning Silver Medal for India in at the PTT Thailand Table Tennis Championship in 2011.
While the Olympic games saw India produce its best-ever performance ever at the Summer Games, Indian sports fans are already looking forward to the Paralympic Games.
Find the latest India-centric updates of the Paralympic Games 2020 here.
India’s best performance at Paralympic Games came in 2016 where they won two gold, one silver and a bronze medal.
The positive news is that no athlete has yet contracted the infection.
Much like the Tokyo Olympics contingent, even the Paralympic contingent being sent by India for the games is their largest ever to date.
Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won the gold medal in Rio Paralympics 2016 in men’s high jump T-42 category, will be the flag bearer for India in Tokyo.
Pledging to continue her rich good form and returning with a medal against her name, Ekta said that it was a dream for her to represent the country in the biggest sporting extravaganza.
Jhajharia’s journey hasn’t been an easy one but he has faced all challenges bravely to become a sporting champion.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur expressed hope that India’s medal tally will be even greater this time at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.