Tokyo Paralympic Highlights: India's Arvind Finishes 7th In Men's Shot Put Event
Tokyo Paralympics Live Today: Watch all the updates from India's Paralympics campaign on 2 September 2021.
India's Arvind finished at the seventh spot in the men's shot put event of the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics on Thursday. Arvind registered throws of 10.52m, 12.41m, 11.87m, and 13.48m. His third and fifth throws were disqualified.
Germany's Katrin Seibert beat India's Parul Parmar in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics on Thursday. Katrin Seibert defeated Parul 23-21, 19-21, 21-15. The entire match lasted for 39 minutes.
Rahul Jakhar is placed 5th after 7 shots and looks some distance away from the medal.
He had qualified for the Final of Mixed 25M Pistol SH1 with a total score of 576.
He was placed 2nd in Qualification round
Palak Kohli looks strong against her Turkish opponent
She is leading 13-9 in the second set
India’s Aruna goes down 21-84 against Peru's L. C. Espinoza in Women K44-49kg Quarterfinal round.
Aruna to play for Repechage Quarterfinal round at 10:30 am (IST) today
World No 1 in SL3 category of Para Badminton Parul Parmar, the INDIAN veteran didn't win but she tried everything she could.
Parul Parmar got an entry in SL4 singles as she qualified for the #Paralympics in the women’s doubles (SL3-SU6) category. Parmar was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2009 by the Government of India and the Eklavya Award by the Government of Gujarat
The SL3 is played on half court because of the level of impairment.
Check her score below:
Tarun Dhillon begins his Tokyo2020 Paralympics journey with a win. He beats Thailand's Siripong Teamarrom 2-0 in Men’s Singles SL4 Group match
His next group match is scheduled for 3rd Sept.
Prachi Yadav finishes Women’s 200m VL2 heat in 4th position with a timing of 1:11.098 and qualifies for Semifinal
She is the first Indian woman to participate in Para Canoeing
Noida District Magistrate and Parabadminton player Suhas L Yathiraj defeats Jan Niklas Pott of Germany 21-9, 21-13 in Men's singles Badminton
Background
Tokyo Paralympics: So far, India's performance at the Tokyo Paralympics has been the finest. India has won 10 medals in the tournament, so far and has the chance of winning a few more. Before this tournament, India had won 12 Paralympic medals in all, but this year's tally of 10 medals has broken all national records.
Thursday is going to be a busy day for the Indian athletes. As many as 20 events are scheduled to take place with 4 medal-winning events, thus, it would be a great day to watch out for India.
India's morning started with Suhas Yathiraj, who is also the DM of Noida city in Uttar Pradesh, has won the group stage match against Niklas Pott of Germany in the men's singles SL4 stage.
Take a look at India's Schedule for today:
Bhavina patel was the first athlete to win a medal for India in this year's Paralympics. For India, Bhavina Patel, Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil, Nishad Kumar, Yogesh Kathuniya, Devendra Jhajariya, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sundar Singh Gurjar, Singhraj Adhana and Sharad Kumar have won medals at the Paralympics 2020.
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