Tokyo Paralympics: Indian medallists return home to tumultuous welcome
September 03, 2021 18:30 ISTIndian para athletes, including javelin throw gold medallist Sumit Antil, on Friday returned home to a never-seen-before boisterous welcome.
Indian para athletes, including javelin throw gold medallist Sumit Antil, on Friday returned home to a never-seen-before boisterous welcome.
In a thrilling bronze medal match that went into the shoot-off, Singh recorded a 6-5 victory to clinch India's first-ever medal in Para Archery.
Thakur was referring to the four javelin throw medals won by Indians in the Paralympic Games soon after Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal in the Olympics.
In men's singles, Suhas, Tarun Dhillon and Manoj Sarkar made it to the semifinals on a fruitful day for India.
Avani is now the first woman and second Indian overall to claim multiple medals in the same edition of the Paralympics.
The Indian team won a bronze at the Tokyo Games last month, ending a 41-year wait for a medal in the sport.
Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals by claiming the 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 bronze to add to an unprecedented gold she had secured earlier in the ongoing Games in Tokyo.
The 19-year-old para shooter clinched her second medal in Tokyo, a bronze, in women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 event on Friday.
Lekhara reiterated her admiration for Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra and that she always wanted to become like him.
Kumar had a personal best of 2.05m which he bettered on Friday and also set an Asian record with a jump of 2.07 metres.
The Birmingham CWG is scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be hosted by Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 15.
The four athletes were welcomed enthusiastically by SAI officials, who garlanded them and presented them with bouquets on arrival.
Avani Lekhara won her second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, clinching a bronze in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 event.
An economics scholar from the Punjabi University, Singh will face Russian Paralympic Committee's Bato Tsydendorzhiev later in the day.
Suyash, who claimed a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, finished fifth in heat 1 after clocking 32.36s, 2.65 seconds behind leader Austin Evan (29.71) of USA.
Suhas, a world number 3 in SL4 class, took 19 minutes to get rid of Indonesia's Hary Susanto 21-6 21-12 in group A.
With an Asian Record score of 2.07 in the men's high jump T64 event, Praveen Kumar clinched a silver medal.
Making his debut at the Games, the 28-year-old's best effort was a 13.48m throw in the eight-strong field.
Forty six players from across the country will be vying for the top honours when the seventh edition of the PSA Challenger Tour gets underway in Greater Noida on September 4.
Manika said the authorities, including the Table Tennis Federation of India, should not mind personal coaches travelling with the players even in multi-sport events like the Olympics.
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