Highlights:
» Prachi Yadav, 26, became the first Indian to secure entry in the Paralympic Games Para Canoeing competition.
» Bhavinaben Patel created history by winning India’s first silver medal in women’s singles class 4 table tennis at Tokyo Paralympics.
» India’s Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman in history to win a Paralympic Gold medal in shooting for the country. Trailblazing shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals in the same Paralympic Games.
» Another shooter Singhraj Adhana also won two medals (1 Silver and 1 Bronze) at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
» Archer Harvinder Singh won the bronze medal. Archer Harvinder Singh became the first Indian to win a medal in Archery at the Paralympics.
» Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the F64 Javelin Throw. Sumit Antil set three world records on his way to winning the men’s Javelin Throw F64 gold medal on debut in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. He dominated the competition with the four best throws by any competitor, finally writing the world record at 68.55m with his fifth attempt.
» Mariyappan Thangavelu won the silver medal in High Jump. This was Mariyappan’s second medal from the Paralympic Games; in Rio 2016, he won the gold.
Note:
Para-athlete Vinod Kumar, who had won the bronze medal in the men’s discus throw event (F52 category) at the Tokyo Paralympics, had his result declared void following a re-assessment by a classification panel. The decision meant Kumar did not win a medal.
Next Summer Paralympics Games:
The next two Summer Paralympic Games will be hosted in Los Angeles 2028 and Paris 2024, the United States and France respectively.