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.
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.
Noida District Magistrate and Parabadminton player Suhas L Yathiraj defeats Jan Niklas Pott of Germany 21-9, 21-13 in Men's singles at #TokyoParalympics.#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #Cheer4India #Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/lY4BjUGxkj
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Take a look at India's Schedule for today:
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New Day, New Sport, New Event
Check out #TeamIndia's schedule for #Tokyo2020 Paralympics for 2 Sept
Continue to send in your best wishes with #Cheer4India to encourage our hard working players#Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/Nxcf7kv3CK
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.
Paralympics: Shot Put
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.
Paralympics: Badminton
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.
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