Paddler Bhavinaben advances to round of 16 in Tokyo Paralympics
August 26, 2021 11:33 ISTThe 34-year-old Indian dispatched Shackleton, the world world no. 9, 11-7 9-11 17-15 13-11 in contest that lasted 41 minutes.
The 34-year-old Indian dispatched Shackleton, the world world no. 9, 11-7 9-11 17-15 13-11 in contest that lasted 41 minutes.
Of the six Indians who made the summit clashes, two were men and four women.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will conduct trials on Tuesday for the Worlds, set to be held in Oslo, Norway from October 2-10.
The 33-year-old, who is the current Asian and world champion, has qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics in two events – men's singles SL3 and mixed doubles SL3-SU5 with Palak Kohli.
Thakur expressed confidence that the young athletes will excel in future international competitions like Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and the Olympics.
After Neeraj Chopra's historic performance at the Tokyo Olympics, javelin throwers have been in the limelight.
Chopra won the gold with his 87.58m throw in the second attempt, and thus became the only second Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to clinch an Olympic top podium finish in individual events.
Competing in the women's Class 3 category, Sonalben was ahead after the first three games but lost momentum to lose 11-9, 3-11, 17-15, 7-11 4-11 against Li Quan of China.
In an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com upon her return from Nairobi with a World U-20 Athletics Championships silver medal, Shaili Singh says she will change the colour of her medal next time.
After Brisbane (Australia) was chosen last month to host the 2032 Summer Games, the IOC enjoys a queue of suitors to host the Olympics in 2036, 2040 and even beyond, Bach said.
The opening ceremony featured the national flags of the 162 delegations represented, which included the refugee team. In addition, the flag of Afghanistan was carried by a volunteer
Afghanistan athletes could not make it to the Games because of the chaos in the country after the Taliban ousted the elected government and took control of the country.
India will be represented by 54 para-athletes -- the biggest ever contingent in the history of the Games.
High-jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu was named India's official flag-bearer for the opening ceremony but was replaced on Tuesday after the Rio Paralympic gold medallist came in close contact with a COVID positive person during his flight to Tokyo.
India will be fielding its biggest ever contingent at the Paralympic Games as a total of 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will participate at the Games.
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Lahiri finished the week at 5-under and needed a Top-10 finish to get into the second event of the BMW Championship in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
High-jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu was on Tuesday replaced by javelin thrower Tek Chand as India's flag-bearer for the Paralympics opening ceremony.
India is sending its largest-ever contingent to Tokyo Paralympics with 54 athletes set to compete in nine disciplines.
The likes of star javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia and high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu -- both 2016 Rio Paralympics gold winners -- will lead the biggest ever contingent with India expecting at least 15 medals, including five gold.
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