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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics finished with the Indian contingent creating its best-ever execution, winning seven medals. After the Olympians, the Paralympians are preparing for a standout show in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics where an aggregate of 54 Indians will be taking part across nine games.
The Paralympics is set to start on August 24 and will go until September 5. India has arranged its greatest ever contingent for the Tokyo Games, with Devendra Jhajhariya being one of the greatest medal possibilities. The Tokyo Paralympics will likewise see India making its presentation at the Para-Games in badminton.
As the para-competitors plan to leave for Tokyo, here’s a gander at the Indian contingent:
Athletics (Men)
Devendra Jhanjharia, Sundar Singh Gurjar, and Ajeet Singh for Javelin Throw F-46
Sumit and Sandeep Chaudhary for Javelin Throw F-64
Navdeep (Javelin Throw F-41)
Tek Chand (Javelin Throw F-54
Ranjeet Bhati (Javelin Throw F-57)
Varun Bhatti, Sharad Kumar, and Mariyappan Thangavelu for High Jump T-63.
Dharambir and Amit Kumar (Club Throw F-51)
Ram Pal and Nishad Kumar (High Jump T-47)
Praveen Kumar (High Jump T-64)
Sonam Rana (Shot Put F-57)
Arvind (Shot put F-35)
Yogesh Kathuniya (Discus Throw F-56)
Vinod Kumar (Discus throw F-56)
Athletics (Women)
Ekta Bhyan and Kashish Lakra (Club Throw F-51)
Bhagyashri Jadhav (Shotput F-34)
Simran (100m T-13)
Archery (Men’s individual)
Vive Chikara (Recurve Open)
Harvinder Singh (Recurve Open)
Rakesh Kumar (Compound Open)
Shyam Swami (Compound Open)
Badminton (Men)
Tarun Dhillon
Pramod Bhagat
Krishna Nagar
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Manoj Sarkar
Badminton (Women)
Prachi Yadav
Palak Kohli and Paul Parmar (for women’s doubles)
Powerlifting
Women: Sakina Khatun (Women’s 50kg)
Men: Jaideep Deswal (Men’s 65kg)
Shooting (Men)
Singhraj (10m Air Pistol)
Manish Narwal (10m Air Pistol)
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar (10m Air Rifle)
Deepak Saini (50m Air rifle and 10m air rifle standing)
Deepender Singh (10m Air pistol)
Shooting (Women)
Rubin Francis (10m Air Pistol)
Avani Lekhara (10m air rifle and 50m air rifle)
Shooting (Mixed)
Deepak Saini, Siddharth Babu, and Avani Lekhara (10m Air rifle)
Avani Lekhara, Siddharth Babu, and Deepak Saini (50m air rifle)
Rahul Jakhar and Akash (25m pistol)
Manish Narwal, Akash Singhraj (50m pistol)
Swimming
Suyash Jadhav (200m individual medley and 50m butterfly stroke)
Niranjan Mukundan (50m Butterfly stroke)
Table Tennis
Sonalben Patel
Bhavina Patel
Taekwondo
Aruna Tomar (women’s 49kg)
At the send-off ceremony, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said, “India is sending it’s largest ever contingent to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo – 54 para-sportspersons across 9 sports disciplines. The passion of our Para-Athletes shows their phenomenal human spirit. Remember that when you play for India you will have a 130 crore Indians cheering for you!
“I am extremely confident that our para- athletes will give their optimum best! Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi had met our Rio 2016 Paralympic Games athletes and has always had a keen interest for the welfare of our athletes and focused the government’s approach on nurturing talent along with development of sports Infrastructure across the country. Here’s wishing them the very best,” he added.
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