Tokyo Paralympics 2020:
Since the Tokyo Olympics proved to be a great success for India, and now the para-athletes have again geared up for the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Since many from the strong Indian contingent of 54 para-athletes at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 have already left for Japan, the hopes and wishes of the country have also risen.
So, in the article below, let’s know more about the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Date, Indian Events Schedule, venue, and where to watch.
The Tokyo Paralympics 2020 is all set to commence from 24th August 2021 and will continue until 5th September 2021.
✨ 5 Days To Go! ✨ We're inching ever closer! #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #UnitedByEmotion pic.twitter.com/ix1XqxLjnl
— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) August 19, 2021
The Tokyo Paralympics 2020 will be live broadcasted at the DD Sports from 9 AM on all the cable DTH platforms.
The Tokyo Paralympics 2020 will be telecasted live on Europort and Europort HD. The Eurosport channel can be streamed live on the Discovery+ App. Other than this, the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 events can also be streamed live through Digital platforms such as the Prasar Bharati YouTube channel.
Let us all come together to raise the spirits of our 54 Para Athletes who will be representing the hopes of 1.3 billion Indians at the #Tokyo2020 @Paralympics Games. My best wishes to each one of them!
— P.T. USHA (@PTUshaOfficial) August 19, 2021
Bharat Wasi Jeetenge 🇮🇳#Praise4Para #ParaOnRise pic.twitter.com/UqkdNso5e4
The sports-wise Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Indian Events Schedule is given below:
Men’s Recurve Individual Open - Harvinder Singh, Vivek Chikara
Men’s Compound Individual Open - Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Swami
Women’s Compound Individual Open - Jyoti Baliyan
Compound Mixed Team Open - Jyoti Baliyan and TBC
Men’s Singles SL3 - Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar
Women’s Singles SU5 - Palak Kohli
Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 - Pramod Bhagat and Palak Kohli
Men’s Singles SL4 - Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon
Men’s Singles SS6 - Krishna Nagar
Women’s Singles SL4 - Parul Parmar
Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 - Parul Parmar & Palak Kohli
Women’s VL2 - Prachi Yadav
Men’s 65kg - Jaideep Deswal
Women’s 50kg - Sakina Khatun
200 Individual Medley SM7 - Suyash Jadhav
50m Butterfly S7 - Suyash Jadhav, Niranjan Mukundan
Individual C3 - Sonalben Madhubhai Patel
Individual C4 - Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel
Women’s K44 -49kg - Aruna Tanwar
Men’s R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 - Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Deepak Saini
Women’s R2 – 10 m air rifle SH1 - Avani Lekhara
Men’s P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1 - Manish Narwal, Deepender Singh, Singhraj
Women’s P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 - Rubina Francis
Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 - Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu & Avani Lekhara
Mixed P3 - 25 m pistol SH1 - Akash & Rahul Jakhar
Men’s R7 - 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 - Deepak Saini
Women’s R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 - Avani Lekhara
Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 - Akash, Manish Narwal & Singhraj
Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1 - Deepak Saini, Avani Lekhara & Sidhartha Babu
Men’s Javelin Throw F57 - Ranjeet Bhati
Men’s Discus Throw F52 - Vinod Kumar
Men’s High Jump T47 - Nishad Kumar, Ram Pal
Men’s Discus Throw F56 - Yogesh Kathuniya
Men’s Javelin Throw F46 - Sundar Singh Gurjar, Ajeet Singh, Devendra Jhajharia
Men’s Javelin Throw F64 - Sumit Antil, Sandeep Choudhary
Men’s High Jump T63 - Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati
Women’s 100m T13 - Simran
Women’s Shot Put F34 - Bhagyashri Madavrao Jadhav
Men’s Club Throw F51 - Dharambir Nain, Amit Kumar Saroha
Men’s Shot Put F35 - Arvind Malik
Men’s High Jump T64 - Praveen Kumar
Men’s Javelin Throw F54 - Tek Chand
Men’s Shot Put F57 - Soman Rana
Women’s Club Throw F51 - Ekta Bhyan, Kashish Lakra
Men’s Javelin Throw F41 - Navdeep Singh