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Para shooting world cup: Avani Lekhara wins gold with world record, secures 2024 Paris Paralympics spot Tokyo Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara secured a spot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics after winning the gold medal in the Para Shooting World Cup in women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 in France on Tuesday. The 20-year-old won the gold with a record score of 250.6, breaking her own world record of 249.6. Poland's Emilia Babska bagged the silver medal with a total of 247.6, while Anna Normann of Sweden got bronze with a score of 225.6. Lekhara's achievement came after the shoo...
Para shooting world cup: Avani Lekhara wins gold with world record, secures 2024 Paris Paralympics spot
Para shooting world cup: Avani Lekhara wins gold with world record, secures 2024 Paris Paralympics spot
Source: IANS
8/06/2022 4:59:47 PM
Gold medallist Pramod Bhagat gets hero's welcome in home state Odisha After winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, ace shuttler Pramod Bhagat returned to his home state, Odisha on Friday afternoon. Amid the beats of 'dhol' and cheers, Pramod was given a hero's welcome at the Biju Patnaik International airport by the state government. State Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera and Secretary R. Vineel Krishna welcomed the Paralympics gold medallist at the airport. Pramod thanked the state and people for the grand welcome and said this...
Gold medallist Pramod Bhagat gets hero's welcome in home state Odisha
Gold medallist Pramod Bhagat gets hero's welcome in home state Odisha
Source: IANS
10/09/2021 4:19:58 PM
Paralympics: Nagar, Yathiraj help India end Tokyo 2020 campaign with 19 medals India ended the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with 19 medals -- five gold, eight silver, and six bronze, a dramatic and historic rise for the country that had collected only 12 medals while participating in 11 editions of the Games from 1968 till 2016. On Sunday, the final day of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, India claimed two medals -- a gold and a silver in badminton -- and finished 24th among 162 nations in the overall medal tally on the basis of gold medal count, while it is placed 20th ba...
Paralympics: Nagar, Yathiraj help India end Tokyo 2020 campaign with 19 medals
Paralympics: Nagar, Yathiraj help India end Tokyo 2020 campaign with 19 medals
Source: IANS
5/09/2021 5:09:51 PM
Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins India's fifth gold in Tokyo  Krishna Nagar won India's second gold medal from the badminton courts and fifth overall, beating Hong Kong China's Chu Man Kai in three hard-fought games in the final of the Men's Singles SH6 class at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Sunday. After Suhas Yathiraj claimed silver in SL 4 in the morning, India's hopes for another gold medal from the badminton courts at the Yoyogi National Stadium depended on Nagar, the world No. 2 in his class, and the 22-year-old from Jaipu...
Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins India's fifth gold in Tokyo
Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins India's fifth gold in Tokyo
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5/09/2021 10:45:52 AM
Paralympics: China takes medal haul to 200, leads table China claimed seven more gold medals on Saturday to remain a runaway leader on the Paralympic standings -- with 200 medals including 93 gold. On the penultimate day of the track and field event, the Chinese set a number of records. Deng Peicheng, making his Paralympic debut, won the men's 100m of T36 class in 11.85 seconds, setting a Paralympic record. "I just gave all of my power," he was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "Without this kind of power, I couldn't e...
Paralympics: China takes medal haul to 200, leads table
Paralympics: China takes medal haul to 200, leads table
Source: IANS
5/09/2021 10:35:20 AM
Paralympics roundup: Narwal, Bhagat add more gold to India's campaign Shooter Manish Narwal and shuttler Pramod Bhagat won gold medals while Singhraj and Manoj Sarkar claimed silver and bronze respectively as India enjoyed another fruitful day at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, taking their overall medal tally to 17 with a day to go. Narwal and Singhraj ensured double delight for India in P4-50m Mixed Air Pistol SH1, winning gold and silver while Bhagat and Sarkar bagged gold and bronze in Men's Singles SL3 as India ended the day with four medals. India now ...
Paralympics roundup: Narwal, Bhagat add more gold to India's campaign
Paralympics roundup: Narwal, Bhagat add more gold to India's campaign
Source: IANS
5/09/2021 10:28:33 AM
Paralympic shooting: Babu misses spot in final by 0.2 points Sidhartha Babu missed out on a spot in the final of the R6 - Mixed 50m Air Rifle Prone SH1 by 0.2 points as India ended its campaign in the shooting competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with five medals on Sunday. Babu finished ninth in the qualifying stage with a score of 617.2 while China's Dong Chao took the eighth and last qualifying spot with a score of 617.4 points. Babu, a kickboxing instructor and a black belt in the sport who suffers from paraplegia as the result...
Paralympic shooting: Babu misses spot in final by 0.2 points
Paralympic shooting: Babu misses spot in final by 0.2 points
Source: IANS
5/09/2021 10:16:31 AM
Wife ecstatic after Noida DM makes it to Paralympics badminton final Gautam Budh Nagar District Magistrate Suhas LY's wife Ritu Suhas is ecstatic after her husband secured a place in the final of the badminton event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. Ritu also told IANS why she did not watch even a single match of her husband in the last six years. Suhas, currently World No.3 in SL4 category, outplayed Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-15 in just 31 minutes to reach the title clash. Even if he goes down in the final, his silver will make him the...
Wife ecstatic after Noida DM makes it to Paralympics badminton final
Wife ecstatic after Noida DM makes it to Paralympics badminton final
Source: IANS
5/09/2021 9:55:22 AM
Paralympic roundup: Harvinder, Avani, Praveen win medals on historic day Archer Harvinder Singh claimed a historic first bronze medal for India in Olympics or Paralympics, Avani Lekhara bagged a second medal -- a bronze in 50m Rifle 3 Position and high jumper Praveen Kumar bagged a maiden silver medal as India had another good day at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Friday. After a medal-less two days, India got back the medal momentum, clinching three medals on Friday, which took the tally to 13 medals -- two gold, six silver, and five bronze. India have thus ove...
Paralympic roundup: Harvinder, Avani, Praveen win medals on historic day
Paralympic roundup: Harvinder, Avani, Praveen win medals on historic day
Source: IANS
4/09/2021 10:25:25 AM
Paralympic shooting: Narwal, Singhraj claim gold, silver for India India's Manish Narwal and Singhraj won gold and silver respectively as they finished 1-2 in the P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 at the Tokyo Paralympic Games at the Asaka Shooting Range here on Saturday. Narwal shot a Paralympic record 218 in the final while Singhraj, who had won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol SH1 earlier this week, finished second with a score of 216.7. Sergey Malyshev of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) took the bronze with a score of 196.8. The 19-year-old ...
Paralympic shooting: Narwal, Singhraj claim gold, silver for India
Paralympic shooting: Narwal, Singhraj claim gold, silver for India
Source: IANS
4/09/2021 10:22:30 AM
Google was the first coach of Paralympics silver medallist Praveen Kumar  Having no knowledge about para-athletics, high jumper Praveen Kumar, who won the silver medal in Tokyo on Friday, depended on Google for basic information about the sport. "I would watch videos of high jump on Google and try and learn from it. There was nobody to teach me. Later, during a district-level meeting, I was told about coach Dr. Satyapal and met him and he agreed to train me," said Praveen Kumar, who won silver in Men's High Jump T44 at the Paralympic Games on...
Google was the first coach of Paralympics silver medallist Praveen Kumar
Google was the first coach of Paralympics silver medallist Praveen Kumar
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 2:55:06 PM
Paralympics: Avani clinches bronze in women's 50m rifle three positions Para shooter Avani Lekhara clinched her second medal of the Tokyo Paralympics with a bronze in women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 event on Friday. The 19-year-old Avani had earlier won the gold medal in women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 with a world record equalling score of 249.6. This was India's second medal of the day after Praveen Kumar bagged silver medal in men's T64 high jump. Avani finished with a total score of 445.9 to finish at third place and take the bronze medal. This...
Paralympics: Avani clinches bronze in women's 50m rifle three positions
Paralympics: Avani clinches bronze in women's 50m rifle three positions
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 12:12:27 PM
PM narendra Modi, Sachin shower praise on silver medallist Praveen Kumar  Accolades have been flowing for Praveen Kumar since he won silver in the men's High Jump T64 category, taking India's tally at the Tokyo Paralympics Games to 11. On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sachin Tendulkar expressed their admiration for the 18-year-old para-high jumper. Praveen broke the Asian record with a 2.07m jump which helped him clinch India's fourth silver in men's high jump and 11th medal overall at the Games. "Proud of Praveen Kuma...
PM narendra Modi, Sachin shower praise on silver medallist Praveen Kumar
PM narendra Modi, Sachin shower praise on silver medallist Praveen Kumar
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 12:07:37 PM
Paralympics: Shooter Avani qualifies for final in 50m 3-positions India's Avani Lekhara set herself perfectly for her second gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games as she finished second in the qualifying round of the Women's 50m Rifle 3-positions SHI and qualified for the final on Friday. Avani, who won India's first gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 on August 30, stood second in the qualifying stage, finishing with a score of 1176 to make it to the final to be held later in the day. Sweden's...
Paralympics: Shooter Avani qualifies for final in 50m 3-positions
Paralympics: Shooter Avani qualifies for final in 50m 3-positions
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 11:37:53 AM
Golden boy Sumit Antil, silver medallist Devendra Jhajharia given warm welcome India's new golden boy in javelin throw (F-64) at the Paralympic Games, Sumit Antil, along with javelin stalwart Devendra Jhajharia -- winner of silver medal in Tokyo -- arrived to a warm reception at the Indira Gandhi International airport here late on Thursday night. While there were fewer fans and followers at the airport compared to when the likes of Neeraj Chopra and other Olympic athletes arrived from Tokyo less than a month back, because of the late arrival of the flight and the...
Golden boy Sumit Antil, silver medallist Devendra Jhajharia given warm welcome
Golden boy Sumit Antil, silver medallist Devendra Jhajharia given warm welcome
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 11:20:51 AM
Paralympics: Archer Harvinder in pre-quarters of recurve Open section Archer Harvinder Singh stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Men's Individual Recurve Open by beating Italian Stefano Travisani 6-5 via a shootout in a 1/16 Elimination duel at the Tokyo Paralympic Games here on Friday. Harvinder, who bagged a gold medal at the Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018, won the first two sets and taken a 4-0 lead, claiming them 27-24 and 26-22, when his Italian opponent came back strongly to take the third set 27-26 at the Yumenoshima Ranking ...
Paralympics: Archer Harvinder in pre-quarters of recurve Open section
Paralympics: Archer Harvinder in pre-quarters of recurve Open section
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 10:55:29 AM
Paralympics: Archer Harvinder in pre-quarters of recurve Open section Archer Harvinder Singh stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Men's Individual Recurve Open by beating Italian Stefano Travisani 6-5 via a shootout in a 1/16 Elimination duel at the Tokyo Paralympic Games here on Friday. Harvinder, who bagged a gold medal at the Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018, won the first two sets and taken a 4-0 lead, claiming them 27-24 and 26-22, when his Italian opponent came back strongly to take the third set 27-26 at the Yumenoshima Ranking ...
Paralympics: Archer Harvinder in pre-quarters of recurve Open section
Paralympics: Archer Harvinder in pre-quarters of recurve Open section
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 10:53:09 AM
Paralympics: Canoeist Prachi Yadav reaches final Indian canoeist Prachi Yadav has qualified for the final of the Women's Va'a Single 200m VL2 by finishing third in the semifinal race conducted on Friday. Prachi, the 26-year-old from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh who has paralysis below her waist due to polio and uses her upper body to move the boat, finished third in 1 minute 07.397 seconds. She was placed third behind Great Britain's Jeanette Chippington (1:01.167) and Canada's Brianna Hennessy (1:06.316) in the five-boat rac...
Paralympics: Canoeist Prachi Yadav reaches final
Paralympics: Canoeist Prachi Yadav reaches final
Source: IANS
3/09/2021 10:49:41 AM
Paralympics: Rahul Jakhar qualifies for final in Mixed 25m Pistol  India's Rahul Jakhar was placed second after the two-round qualification programme in the P3 Mixed 25m Pistol SH1, making it to the final while compatriot Akash finished 20th among 30 competitors to miss out on a spot in the medal round. Jakhar was placed 13th after the precision round of the qualification with a score of 284. In the rapid-fire section, the 35-year-old from Gurugaon, Haryana, shot a superb 292 in the rapid round to leapfrog to the second position. Jakhar was p...
Paralympics: Rahul Jakhar qualifies for final in Mixed 25m Pistol
Paralympics: Rahul Jakhar qualifies for final in Mixed 25m Pistol
Source: IANS
2/09/2021 2:00:14 PM
Paralympic taekwondo: Aruna loses in quarterfinals  India's Aruna Tanwar lost in the quarterfinals of the women's K44-49kg taekwondo competition at the Tokyo Paralympics, losing to Peru's Leonor Espinoza Carranza 84-21 on Thursday. She will now go through the repechage round to get back into the medal contention. Aruna, who had reached the quarterfinals with a 29-9 win against Danijela Jovanovic of Serbia, was overwhelmed by the Peruvian. Leonor won the first round 26-2 by launching a flurry of kicks to her rival's bod...
Paralympic taekwondo: Aruna loses in quarterfinals
Paralympic taekwondo: Aruna loses in quarterfinals
Source: IANS
2/09/2021 12:47:53 PM
Paralympics: Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon start with impressive wins in badminton India got off to a good start on the second day of the para-badminton competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with Suhas J Yathiraj and Tarun Dhillon winning their respective group stage matches in men's singles SL4 category. Yathiraj started with an impressive win against Jan Niklas Pott of Germany winning 2-0 (21-9, 21-3) in straight games in 19 minutes. Dhillon also made a similar start, beating Sriripong Teamarrom of Thailand 2-0 (21-7, 21-13) in 23 minutes in a Group A matc...
Paralympics: Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon start with impressive wins in badminton
Paralympics: Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon start with impressive wins in badminton
Source: IANS
2/09/2021 12:38:48 PM
Paralympics roundup: China stay atop medal table with six more gold Chinese athletes continued their winning momentum on Wednesday at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, snatching six more gold medals to top the medal standings with a total of 147 medals including 68 gold. Two world records were set by Chinese athletes in track and field as Zhu Dening winning the T38 men's long jump with 7.31 metres on his debut in the Games, and Shi Yiting winning T36 class women's 100m in 13.61 seconds, breaking her own world record of 13.68 seconds. "The gold is...
Paralympics roundup: China stay atop medal table with six more gold
Paralympics roundup: China stay atop medal table with six more gold
Source: IANS
2/09/2021 12:31:29 PM
Rain plays spoilsport as Mariyappan wins silver, Sharad bronze (ld) Slippery conditions caused by heavy rains put paid to India's hopes of a gold medal in Men's High Jump T63 as Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar had to be satisfied with silver and bronze medals respectively at the Paralympic Games here on Tuesday. Mariyappan, who won the gold medal in the same category in the Rio Paralympics in 2016 with a jump of 1.89, could manage only 1.86 as American Sam Grewe outjumped him by clearing 1.88 metres. Mariyappan tried to clear 1.88 but failed...
Rain plays spoilsport as Mariyappan wins silver, Sharad bronze (ld)
Rain plays spoilsport as Mariyappan wins silver, Sharad bronze (ld)
Source: IANS
1/09/2021 10:02:37 AM
Avani Lekhara named brand ambassador for Rajasthan govt project Avani Lekhara (19), who won the gold medal in womens 10m air rifle standing event in the SH 1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday, has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Rajasthan government's 'Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao' project under the Department of Women and Child Development. In a letter sent to Avani by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Mamta Bhupesh, it has been mentioned that Avani's success shall inspire the daughters of the state to sc...
Avani Lekhara named brand ambassador for Rajasthan govt project
Avani Lekhara named brand ambassador for Rajasthan govt project
Source: IANS
1/09/2021 9:54:19 AM
Tokyo Paralympics: Thangavelu fails to defend title, wins silver  Two Indian para-athletes came to Japan hoping to win their second successive gold medal in the Paralympic Games. One of them, Devendra Jhajharia, had to contend with silver after losing to Sri Lankan Dinesh Priyantha Herath in javelin throw T46 on Monday. The other, Mariyappan Thangavelu, too had to be satisfied with a silver medal as American Sam Grewe outjumped him in the Men's High Jump T63 at the Olympic Stadium here. Mariyappan, who like Jhajharia had won the gold meda...
Tokyo Paralympics: Thangavelu fails to defend title, wins silver
Tokyo Paralympics: Thangavelu fails to defend title, wins silver
Source: IANS
1/09/2021 9:40:05 AM
Armaan Malik, Papon hail Avani Lekhara for winning gold at Paralympics Singers Armaan Malik and Papon have congratulated Indian rifle shooter Avani Lekhara for creating history by winning gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Avani won a gold medal in the 10 m air rifle event at the games. Armaan tweeted: "Congrats Avani Lekhara on creating history! The first Indian woman to win a Paralympics gold medal!! Putting India on the map and how Hundred points symbol #Gold #Paralympics #Tokyo2020 #AvaniLekhara." Papon tweeted: "A champion through a...
Armaan Malik, Papon hail Avani Lekhara for winning gold at Paralympics
Armaan Malik, Papon hail Avani Lekhara for winning gold at Paralympics
Source: IANS
31/08/2021 3:09:19 PM