Bhavinaben Patel scripts history, becomes first Indian paddler to secure medal in Paralympics
Other Sports | Aug 27, 2021, 07:47 PM ISTThe 34-year-old Indian beat her Serbian opponent 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted 18 minutes.
The 34-year-old Indian beat her Serbian opponent 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted 18 minutes.
In the men's recurve open category, 2019 Asian Para Championship winner Vivek Chikara finished in top-10.
China's Dandan Hu took home the gold with a best effort of 120kg, while Rehab Ahmed of Egypt, who also lifted 120kg, and Great Britain's Olivia Broome (107kg) took the silver and bronze respectively.
Bhavinaben took 23 minutes to go past Brazil's Joyce de Oliviera in the class 4 round-of-16 match.
Earlier in the morning, competing in a do-or-die match, the world no. 12 Bhavinaben started on a dominant note, clinching the first game in just eight minutes.
The Indian contingent's chef de mission Gursharan Singh on Thursday said Jadhav is a bit under the weather and doctors have advised him not to compete on Friday.
The Afghan athletes were forced to withdraw from the Games as all flights out of capital Kabul got cancelled after the Taliban seized control of the country.
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.
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.
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.
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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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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