India woke up to a historic double-podium finish at the shooting mixed 50m pistol SH1 event at the Tokyo Paralympics, as teenager Manish Narwal claimed gold while the veteran Singhraj Adhana won the silver medal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the duo on a phenomenal achievement.
Manish Narwal won gold medal in the shooting mixed 50m pistol SH1 event, shooting 533 to qualify at seventh at the Asaka Shooting Range. The 19-year-old Narwal won India's third gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Suhas Yathiraj, the district magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar, reached the final of badminton men's singles SL4 event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. The 38-year-old defeated Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-15 to assure India of a 15th medal at the Tokyo edition.
Reigning world champion Pramod Bhagat on Saturday stormed into the men's singles finals of the badminton event. He secured a 21-11 21-16 win over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the first SL3 class semifinals that lasted 36 minutes.
Avani Lekhara clinched her second medal in Tokyo, a bronze, in women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 event on Friday. The 19-year-old para shooter had earlier won the gold medal in women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 with a world-record equalling score of 249.6.
After clinching silver medal in men's high jump T64 at Tokyo Paralympics, Praveen Kumar on September 3 thanked his coach, Dr Satyapal Singh and his family for supporting and motivating him. "I performed my personal best. I also want to thank Sports Authority of India (SAI), Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)," he said.
Praveen Kumar clinched a silver medal in the men's high jump T64 event on Friday, taking India's overall Paralympic medal tally to 11. The 18-year-old made an Asian record during the event, jumping 2.07m.
Asian Para Games 2018 bronze medalist Vinay Kumar Lal, has been working in a private call centre at Mohali to support his younger brother and himself after the death of his father.
After clinching medals at Tokyo Paralympics 2020, India's Para-athletes received a rousing welcome at the Delhi airport on September 2. Hundreds of sports lovers welcomed Sumit Antil, Devendra Jhajharia and Yogesh Kathunia at the airport. Sumit Antil won gold in the men's javelin throw (Sport Class F64) at National Stadium in Tokyo. Indian javelin throwers Devendra Jhajharia and Sundar Singh Gurjar won silver and bronze respectively in the men's Standing Javelin (F46) at National Stadium in Tokyo on August 30. India produced its best-ever performance at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
Indian shooter Singhraj Adana claimed the bronze medal in the P1 men's 10m air pistol SH1 event of the Paralympics here on Tuesday. Adana shot a total of 216.8 to finish the event in the third place after qualifying for the eight-man final as the sixth best shooter.
PM Modi spoke to Avani Lekhara and congratulated her on winning the Gold. He said this win is a matter of great pride. Avani expressed happiness at the support she has received from the entire nation.
Avani Lekhara wins Gold in shooting; Yogesh Kathuniya secures Silver in discus throw in Tokyo Paralympics
High jumper Nishad Kumar clinched a silver with an Asian record before discus thrower Vinod Kumar fetched a bronze which was put on hold after a protest over his disability classification as India began collecting what is expected to be an unprecedented haul of athletics medals in the Paralympics here on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India's Bhavinaben Patel on securing a historic silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Patel conceded a straight-game to China's Ying Zhou in the final of the table tennis (class 4) event to bag a silver in Tokyo.
Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel claimed a historic silver medal in table tennis (class 4) event at the Tokyo Paralympics, thus opening India's medal account at the Games.
Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal here on Saturday.
India women hockey captain Rani Rampal opened up on the team's performance at the Tokyo Olympics. She also said that it's amazing to see the reception given to hockey as a sport.
Pooja Rani is eager to make a return to the ring with the world championships. The Indian boxer went down 0-5 in her quarterfinal bout against China's Li Qian in Tokyo Olympics.
Indian women hockey team enjoyed a stellar campaign at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but failed to secure a podium finish despite a brilliant effort in the game for bronze. Goalkeeper Savita Punia reacted to the reception given to the women's hockey team and her future plans.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Shaili Singh spoke about her experience in the recently-concluded U-20 World Athletics Championships.
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