The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will begin on August 24 and is slated to end on September 5 this year. The Games was supposed to be held last year but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This edition of the Paralympics will walk in the footsteps of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, banning audiences to curb the spread of the deadly infection.
For India, a total of 54 athletes will be participating in the 2020 Paralympics, across nine sports. The Tokyo edition will see events that will be introduced for the first time. Badminton and Taekwondo will make their debut.
Here’s the list of the Indian contingent:
Athletics
Devendra Jhajharia (Javelin F-46)
Ajeet Singh (Javelin F-46)
Sundar Singh Gurjar (Javelin F-46)
Sandeep Chaudhary (Javelin F-64)
Sumit (Javelin F-64)
Navdeep (Javelin F-41)
Ranjeet Bhati (Javelin F-57)
Tek Chand (Javelin F-54)
Reserve: Sandi Sanjay Sagar (men’s javelin F-64)
Mariyappan Thangavelu (High jump)
Sharad Kumar (High jump)
Varun Singh Bhatti (High jump)
Nishad Kumar (High jump T-47)
Ram Pal (High jump T-47)
Praveen Kumar (High jump T-64)
Amit Kumar (Club throw F-51)
Dharambir (Club Throw F-51)
Sonam Rana (Shotput F-57)
Arvind (Shotput F-35)
Bhagyashri Jadhav (Shotput F-34)
Yogesh Kathuniya (Discus thriw F-56)
Vinod Kumar (Discus throw F-56)
Ekta Bhyan (Club throw F-51)
Kashish Lakra (Club throw F-51)
Simran (100m T-13)
Archery
Men:
Vivek Chikara (Recurve individual open)
Harvinder Singh (Recurve individual open)
Rakesh Kumar (Compound individual open)
Shyam Sundar Swami (Compound individual open)
Women:
Jyoti Baliyan (Compound individual open)
Table Tennis
Sonalben Madhubhai Patel
Shooting
Men:
Manish Narwal (10m air pistol)
Deepender Singh (10m air pistol)
Singhraj (10m air pistol)
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar (10m air rifle standing)
Deepak Saini (50m rifle positions, 10m air rifle standing)
Women:
Rubin Francis (10m air pistol)
Avani Lekhara (10m air rifle, 50m air rifle)
Mixed:
Rahul Jakhar, Akash (25m pistol)
Manish Narwal, Singhraj, Akash (50m pistol)
Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhara (10m air rifle)
Avani Lekhara, Deepak Saini, Siddhartha Babu (50m air rifle)
Badminton
Men:
Pramod Bhagat
Manoj Sarkar
Tarun Dhillon
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Krishna Nagar
Women:
Paul Parmar, Palak Kohli (Women’s doubles)
Para Canoeing
Prachi Yadav
Powerlifting
Men:
Jaideep Deswal (Men’s 65kgs)
Women:
Sakina Khatun (Women’s 50kgs)
Swimming
Niranjan Mukundan (50m Butterfly)
Suyash Jadhav (50m Butterfly, 200m individual medley)
Taekwondo
Aruna Singh Tomar (Women’s 44-49kgs)
