The para shooter fires her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Vinod's classification in F52, which is for athletes with impaired muscle power, restricted range of movement, limb deficiency or leg length difference, was done on August 22 by the organisers.
This was India's third medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics after Bhavinaben Patel scripted history to become the nation's first medalist in Table Tennis, while Nishad Kumar secured a silver in the men's high jump T47 event with a jump of 2.06m.
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.
In the quarterfinals later in the day, India will take on Turkey, who got a bye into the last-eight stage.
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 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.
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.
In the last-16 round on Tuesday, the third seeded Kumar will face 14th seed Marian Marecak, a two-time 49-year-old Olympian from Slovakia.
The 34-year-old from Gujarat stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes.
Patel stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes.
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