The first medal for Peru in 17 years!
Angelica Espinoza took
Gold in the women’s K44 -49kg #ParaTaekwondo on Day 9
The first medal for Peru in 17 years!
Angelica Espinoza took
Gold in the women’s K44 -49kg #ParaTaekwondo on Day 9
India’s Praveen Kumar clinched the silver medal in the men’s high jump T64 event, taking the country’s haul to 11 at the Tokyo Paralympics.
The 18-year-old Kumar, competing in his debut Paralympics, set a new Asian record with a 2.07m jump to finish behind Great Britain’s Jonathan Broom-Edwards, who notched up his season’s best of 2.10m for the gold. The bronze went to Rio Games champion Maciej Lepiato of Poland who produced an effort of 2.04m.
Avani Lekhara wins Bronze in Shooting 50m
Wins her 2nd medal in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Becomes 1st Indian woman to win 2 medals in Paralympics
Archer Harvinder Singh defeats
Korea’s M S Kim 6-5 in a nail biting Shoot-off!!!
Harvinder wins India’s 1st ever #Paralympics medal in Archery
Many congratulations to our Champ
Great Britain continues on the 2nd spot with 111 total medals.
USA rank 3rd with 92 total medals
India ranks 37th on the table with 13 medals (2
6
5
)
Both win in Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Shooting event
The BA (I) student Narwal shot a total of 218.2, a Paralympic record, to claim the yellow metal while Adana, who had won the bronze in the P1 men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event on Tuesday, added a silver to his kitty with an effort of 216.7.
World number one shuttler in the men’s SL3 category, Pramod Bhagat won the gold medal in the Men’s Singles SL3 badminton category, beating Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell in the final.
Meanwhile, Manoj Sarkar defeated Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara to win the bronze medal.
Krishna Nagar wins the men’s singles SH6 badminton final with a 21-17, 16-21, 21-17 win over Hong Kong’s Man Kai Chu.
The Indian Para-shuttler made History by winning the silver medal after he lost his Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Men’s Singles SL4 Final to France’s Lucas Mazur in a pulsating contest that lasted for three whole sets.
A computer engineer, Suhas went on to become an IAS officer and has been posted as a district magistrate of Noida since 2020, a role that saw him at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
With 19 medals, including 5 Gold, 8
Silver and 6
Bronze, this edition is India’s finest ever at the Paralympic Games.
India finished 24th in the overall medal tally, while its accomplishment of 19 medals is ranked 20th based on the number of total medals.
It was a record-breaking campaign for India at the Paralympics with 19 MEDALS. India had won 4 medals in Rio.
Since making its first appearance at the Paralympics in 1968, India had won 12 medals in total till the 2016 Rio edition. It has now drastically improved upon that entire number by 7 medals at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 alone.
So this brings curtains down on India’s memorable campaign at the Tokyo Paralympics.
The women of USA Volleyball team swept the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
This is the first time a country has won all gold medals.
medals for all
Wheelchair Basketball members of the team! Defending champs Team USA
Great Britain finished on the 2nd spot with 124 total medals.
USA finished 3rd with 104 total medals
India finished 24th, a historic finish with 19 medals (5
8
6
)
It was a record-breaking campaign for India at the Paralympics with 19 MEDALS. India had won 4 medals in Rio.
Of the163 participating nations, 86 nations won medals in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.