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Tokyo Paralympics: Full India Schedule, Participants, Events and Fixtures
After witnessing the most successful Olympic Games ever with seven medals, India will now represent its biggest contingent at the Tokyo Paralympics, scheduled to take place from August 24 to September 5.
India is about to embark on a new expedition to Tokyo. After a brilliant performance at the recently concluded Olympics, it is time for the upcoming Summer Paralympics.
Since 1984, India has been participating in each Summer Paralympic Games. The country's official debut took place at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. There were 19 athletes from India that participated in the Rio Paralympics.
For the upcoming Paralympic Games, India plans to send the biggest ever contingent. The upcoming version will witness the debut of sports such as badminton and taekwondo.
India at Tokyo Paralympics
A total of 54 Indian para-athletes will compete in nine sports - Archery, Para-Canoeing, Athletics, Shooting, Table Tennis, Swimming, Badminton, Powerlifting, and Taekwondo.
High Jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu, the last edition's gold medalist, will become the flag bearer of India at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
India's Schedule & Participants at the Tokyo Paralympics
| Date | Participants & Sports Events |
|---|---|
|
August 25
|
Table Tennis Sonalben Madhubhai Patel (Individual C3) Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel (Individual C4) |
|
August 27
|
Archery Harvinder Singh, Vivek Chikara (Men's Recurve Individual Open) Powerlifting Jaideep Deswal (Men's 65kg) Swimming Suyash Jadhav (200 Individual Medley SM7) |
| August 28 |
Athletics Ranjeet Bhati (Men's Javelin Throw F57) |
| August 29 |
Athletics Vinod Kumar (Men's Discus Throw F52) |
| August 30 |
Shooting Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Deepak Saini (Men's R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1) Athletics Yogesh Kathuniya (Men's Discus Throw F56) |
| August 31 |
Shooting Manish Narwal, Deepender Singh, Singhraj (Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1) Athletics Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati (Men's High Jump T63) |
| September 1 |
Badminton Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar (Men's Singles SL3) Athletics Dharambir Nain, Amit Kumar Saroha (Men's Club Throw F51) |
| September 2 |
Badminton Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon (Men's Singles SL4) Para Canoeing Prachi Yadav (Women's VL2) Taekwondo Aruna Tanwar (Women's K44 -49kg) Shooting Akash & Rahul Jakhar (Mixed P3 - 25 m pistol SH1) Athletics Arvind Malik (Men's Shot Put F35) |
| September 3 |
Swimming Suyash Jadhav, Niranjan Mukundan (50m Butterfly S7) Shooting Deepak Saini (Men's R7 - 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1) Athletics Praveen Kumar (Men's High Jump T64) |
| September 4 |
Shooting Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu & Avani Lekhara (Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1) Athletics Navdeep Singh (Men's Javelin Throw F41) |
| September 5 |
Shooting Deepak Saini, Avani Lekhara and Sidhartha Babu (Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1) |
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