National champion Rohit Chamoli (48kg) defeated Mongolia's Otgonbayar Tuvshinzaya in an intense final to clinch the gold in the Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai.
Indian challenge ended in the compound mixed pair open section of the archery competition after the duo of Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti Baliyan made a quarterfinal exit in the Paralympic Games.
India's Nishad Kumar secured a second medal for India at the Tokyo Paralympics, winning a silver in the men's high jump T-47 event.
The 34-year-old Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a fighting 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to China's Ying Zhou.
Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli are sequestered in the Paralympics Village and will not be available for media interviews during their stay — before or after they compete.
Thakur said the app was a gift from the government to the people of India on the National Sports Day, which is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
In the quarterfinals later in the day, India will take on Turkey, who got a bye into the last-eight stage.
India's Shubhankar Sharma carded a three-under 67 in the third round to lie tied 9th at the Omega European Masters; earlier SSP Chawrasia missed the cut with 71-71.
Among other Indians in the fray, Vani Kapoor (71-69) was Tied-18th, while Amandeep Drall (80-68) showed an improvement of 12 holes between the first and second rounds.
The 34-year-old Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a fighting 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to Zhou, a two-time gold medallist, in the women's singles summit clash which lasted 19 minutes.
Jyoti, who had qualified 15th with a score of 671, lost to Kerrie-Lousie -- who scored 657 in the ranking round -- 137-141 in the 15-arrow elimination round.
PM Narendra Modi said Bhavinaben Patel's historic feat will draw more youngsters towards sports.
Bhavinaben Patel bagged a silver medal in table tennis (class 4) after conceding a straight-game defeat to China's Ying Zhou.
Bhavinaben Patel became the first Indian to win a medal in table tennis at the Paralympic Games.
The national training and selection camp has already commenced at the KIIT University campus in Bhubaneswar from August 14 and will continue till September 16.
The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul to Paris before continuing on to Tokyo, the IPC said.
The 24-year-old from Faridabad had finished fourth at the Moroccan Grand Prix in 2019 and qualified for the Paralympics after winning gold medals in the state-level tournament in Gurugram
Diagnosed with polio when she was 12 months old, the 34-year-old is now scripting history at will, having become the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the showpiece.
Gurjit was one of the architects of the team's fine run to the semifinals in Tokyo and has been nominated for the FIH Women's Player of the Year Award 2020-21.
Patel scripted history on Saturday when she stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 3-2 to become the first Indian table tennis player to reach the Paralympics final.
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