At the 2020 Games, India will feature their biggest contingent comprising 54 athletes competing in nine disciplines in Tokyo. High jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu will be India’s flag-bearer in the opening ceremony.
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 strife-torn nation.
India have won 12 medals, including four gold, and as many silver and bronze medals in the Summer Paralympics since its debut at the 1968 Games.
India will field its biggest contingent with 54 athletes set to compete in nine sports -- archery, athletics, badminton, canoeing, shooting, swimming, powerlifting, table tennis and taekwondo.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has called on the country to wholeheartedly support the Indian athletes taking part in the Tokyo Paralympics and termed them "real life heroes".
Of the 30 cases reported on Sunday, 18 are residents of Japan while 12 were outsiders.
Gujarat duo of Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel will lead India's charge in table tennis at the Tokyo Paralympic Games beginning August 25.
No athlete has reported positive so far as the two cases from the Village are among the staff, though a large number of participants have reached Tokyo and some are still in quarantine.
54 Indian para-athletes will be participating in the Tokyo Paralympics, which begin on August 24.
His gold medal with a world record in the 2004 Athens Paralympics had almost gone unnoticed but Jhajharia is happy with the hype before the Tokyo Games.
The first batch of the Indian team, led by PCI President Deepa Malik, have arrived in Tokyo.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach is set to return to Tokyo to attend the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games.
The eight-member group was accorded a send-off at the Indira Gandhi International Airport by officials of Sports Ministry, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi encouraged para-athletes to not worry about the medals and how strong the opponent would be at the Tokyo Paralympics.
There were a few exceptions made during the Olympics with some fans allowed in outlying areas away from Tokyo. This time, all fans will be barred except the possibility of some children attending a few unspecified events.
Jhajharia won the gold medal in the F-46 javelin throw event at the 2004 Athens Paralympics and followed it up with another at the 2016 Games in Rio.
India's campaign will begin on August 27 with men's and women's archery events. The nation will be competing in nine separate disciplines.
A 54-member Indian team for the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics was on Thursday accorded a warm send-off by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur.
The Paralympics will held from August 24 and conclude on September 5.
Indian fans can catch all the live action of the country's para athletes during the upcoming Paralympics with the Paralympic Committee of India awarding the rights to broadcast the Games to Eurosport India.
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