Tokyo Paralympics: Praveen Kumar becomes the youngest Indian athlete to win a Paralympic medal
High Jumper Praveen Kumar secured the silver medal in the Men's High Jump T64 event, at the Tokyo Paralympics. Kumar’s 2.07m effort is a new Asian record. Praveen Kumar's Asian record anded him the second spot behind Jonathan Broom-Edwards from Great Britain. Edwards secured the gold with a 2.10m effort, which is also a season’s best for him. 2016 Rio...
Tokyo Paralympics: Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar add to the medal tally with silver and bronze respectively
High jumping ace Mariyappan Thangavelu bagged the silver medal at Tokyo, while Sharad Kumar secured the bronze, in the Men's High Jump T42 event final, to give India two more medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. Mariyappan Thangavelu had won the T42 gold at the 2016 Rio Games. He had cleared 1.89m to win the gold back then, but could not...
Tokyo Paralympics: All his efforts, from mediation to setting up shooting range, culminated in bronze medal for Singhraj Adana
Singhraj Adana amassed a score of 216.8 to secure the bronze medal in the P1 Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Chao Yang, and Xing Huang, both from China, took home the gold and silver medals respectively. Singhraj Adana's bronze became India's second medal in shooting after Avani Lekhara's gold in the Women's 10m Air...
Tokyo Paralympics: Once a wrestler, Sumit Antil wins gold in F64 category of Javelin Throw
India bagged another gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics with Sumit Antil simply dominating the field and taking top spot in the Men’s Javelin Throw F64 event. Sumit Antil did not only break the previous world record of 62.88m (which had also been set by him), but also set and broke his own world record thrice on his way to...
Tokyo Paralympics: Vinod Kumar loses bronze medal, designated as ‘Classification not Completed’
Vinod Kumar loses his bronze medal in Discus Throw F52 as he was designated as 'Classification not Completed." Vinod Kumar's classification was done on 22 August. He competed in the Men's Discus throw F52 category and won bronze medal with an area record. He produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and...
Tokyo Paralympics: With an amazing comeback, Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver in Men’s Discus Throw
Yogesh Kathuniya bagged the silver medal in the Men's F56 category Discus Throw event at Tokyo Paralympics. It was a heroic win, as he made a mammoth 44.38m throw, in his sixth and final attempt to claim second place. In Tokyo, Yogesh Kathuniya did not make things easy for himself in the Discus Throw finals. Starting off with a foul...
Tokyo Paralympics: Sensational Javelin Throw session; Devendra Jhajharia wins silver, Sundar Singh Gurjar wins bronze
Two-time Paralympic champion Devendra Jhajharia, clinched silver medal in the Men's Javelin Throw F46 category at the Tokyo Paralympics. Sundar Singh Gurjar picked up the bronze medal in the same final. The athletes who fall under the F46 category have some kind of an arm deficiency, impaired muscle power or an impaired, passive range of movement in arms, while competing...
Tokyo Parlympics: Avani Lekhara hits the bull’s eye; becomes the first Indian woman to win gold in Paralympics
Indian shooter Avani Lekhara etched her name in the history book as the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold. At the age of 11, Avani Lekhara suffered a horrific car accident which caused severe injuries to her spinal cord. Since then she has been bound to a wheelchair. While searching for a meaning to live life in that...
Tokyo Paralympics: With her silver, Bhavina Patel gives Indians moments to cherish
On a watershed day for Indian Table Tennis, 34-year-old Bhavina Patel became the first Indian para paddler to win a medal at the Paralympics, after she picked up the silver medal in Tokyo. World Number 1 Ying Zhou of China won the final in 3 straight games. The scoreboard read 7-11, 5-11, 6-11 in favour of Zhou, at the end...
Tokyo Paralympics: At 8 he lost his hand; at 21 Nishad Kumar is the proud owner of Paralympic silver medal
21 year old Nishad Kumar clinched the silver medal in the Men's High Jump T47 event at the Tokyo Paralympics, by setting an Asian record effort. Nishad Kumar went clear of 2.06m, as did Dallas Wise from America, who shared the silver medal with Kumar in Men's High Jump T47. American Roderick Townsend, took home the gold, after successfully clearing...