Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Full Schedule for Indian athletes

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Full Schedule for Indian athletes

Indian contingent for Tokyo Paralympics

After witnessing some quite exciting sports at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, it is time to watch to switch to the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. It is the 16th edition of the Paralympic Games and interestingly, they are taking place in Tokyo for the second time after 1964.

A total of 54 Indian athletes will be taking part at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in 9 different sports. Intriguingly, this is the largest contingent that India has ever sent to the Paralympic Games. Let us have a look at the schedule of the Indian athletes from whom the nation has quite huge expectations this year.

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Tokyo Paralympics 2020: August 25 

  • Table Tennis, Personal C3 Event: Sonalben Madhubhai Patel
  • Table Tennis, Individual C4 Event: Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: August 27 

  • Archery, Men’s Personal Recurve Event: Harvinder Singh, Vivek Chikara
  • Archery, Men’s Personal Compound Event: Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Swami
  • Archery, Women’s Personal Compound Event: Jyoti Balyan 
  • Archery, Mixed Team Compound Event: Jyoti Balyan 
  • Power Lifting, Men’s 65 Kg Event: Jaideep Deswal 
  • Power Lifting, Women’s 50 Kg Event: Sakina Khatun 
  • Swimming, 200m Individual Medley SM7: Suyash Jadhav 
India's Javelin Throwers at Tokyo Paralympics
India’s Javelin Throwers at Tokyo Paralympics

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: August 28 

  • Athletics, Men’s Javelin Throw F57 event: Ranjit Bhati 

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: August 29 

  • Athletics, Men’s Discus Throw F52: Vinod Kumar 
  • Athletics, Men’s High Jump T47 Event: Nishad Kumar, Ram Pal

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: 30 August 

  • Athletics, Men’s Discus Throw F56: Yogesh Kathunia 
  • Athletics, Men’s Javelin Throw F46: Sundar Singh Gurjar, Ajit Singh, Devendra Jhajharia 
  • Athletics, Men’s Javelin Throw F64: Sumit Antil, Sandeep Chaudhary 
  • Shooting, 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1, Men’s Round One Event: Swarup Mahavir Unhalkar, Deepak Saini 
  • Shooting, 10m Air Rifle SH1, Women’s Round 2: Avani Lekhara 
Pramod Bhagat, India's shuttler for the Tokyo Paralympics
Pramod Bhagat, India’s shuttler for the Tokyo Paralympics

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: August 31 

  • Athletics, Men’s High Jump T63 Event: Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati  
  • Athletics, Women’s 100m race: Simran 
  • Athletics, Women’s Shot Put F34 event: Bhagyashree Madhavrao Jadhav 
  • Shooting, 10m Air Pistol SH1, Men’s P1 Event: Manish Narwal, Deependra Singh, Singhraj 
  • Shooting, 10m Air Pistol SH1, Women’s P2 Event: Rubina Francis 

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: September 1 

  • Athletics, Men’s Club Throw F51 Event: Dharambir Nain, Amit Kumar Saroha
  • Badminton, Men’s Singles SL3: Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar 
  • Badminton, Women’s Singles SU5: Palak Kohli
  • Badminton, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5: Pramod Bhagat and Palak Kohli
Tokyo Paralympics Schedule
Tokyo Paralympics Schedule

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: September 2 

  • Athletics, Men’s Shot Put F35 event: Arvind Malik 
  • Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon 
  • Badminton, Men’s Singles SS6: Krishna Nagar 
  • Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4: Parul Parmar 
  • Badminton, Women’s doubles SL3-SU5: Parul Parmar and Palak Kohli 
  • Para-Canoeing, Women’s VL2 event: Prachi Yadav 
  • Taekwondo, Women’s K44-49 kg event: Aruna Tanwar 
  • Shooting, 25m pistol SH1, Mixed P3 event: Akash and Rahul Jakhar.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: September 3

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  • Athletics, Men’s High Jump T64 Event: Praveen Kumar 
  • Athletics, Men’s Javelin Throw F54: Tek Chand 
  • Athletics, Men’s Shot put F57: Sonam Rana 
  • Athletics, Women’s Club Throw F51 Event: Ekta Bhayan, Kashish Lakra 
  • Swimming, 50m Butterfly S7: Suyash Jadhav, Niranjan Makundan 
  • Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1, Men’s Event: Deepak Saini 
  • Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1, Women’s Event: Avani Lekhra 

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: September 4

  • Athletics, Men’s Javelin Throw F41 event: Navdeep Singh 
  • Shooting, 10m Air Rifle Prone, Mixed R3: Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhra 
  • Shooting, 50m pistol SH1, Mixed P4 event: Akash, Manish Narwal, Singhraj 

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: September 5

  • Shooting, 50m Rifle Prone SH1, Mixed R6 Events: Deepak Saini, Avani Lekhra, Sidhartha Babu

Thus, Indians have huge expectations from the Indian contingent. It will be intriguing to see how many medals India will be able to bag at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.

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