Avani Lekhara, who sustained spinal cord injury in a car accident, won the gold in the women's 10m Air Rife Standing SH1 at Tokyo Paralympics. With that special feat, she had broken the Games record besides equalling the world record.
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The medal count could have reached close to 30 had nine of our athletes not missed the podium by a whisker
India won with an unprecedented 19 medals, including five gold, eight silver and six bronze, at Tokyo Paralympics 2020
India finished with a record haul of 19 medals at the Summer Paralympics 2020. They won just four at Rio 2016
These were unprecedented Olympics and Paralympics, postponed for a year and marked by footnotes and asterisks. The final act came Sunday (September 5)
Krishna had earlier said he wants to bring smiles to his countrymen by winning a medal at Tokyo Paralympics 2020
To put things in perspective, at the 2016 Rio Games, India had 19 athletes across five disciplines with four returning with medals in the end
India won a record 19 medals, including five gold, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Catch highlights here
India now have four gold, seven silver and six bronze medals to be placed 26th with one day left in the Games
Shot-putter Tek Chand was India's flag-bearer for the Paralympics opening ceremony after he replaced high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu in the last minute
With badminton making its debut at the Paralympics this year, Bhagat, the current world No. 1, thus became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the sport
India added four medals, including two gold, on Saturday at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Catch highlights here
Singh, however, rued his semifinal loss to world number 10 Kevin Mather of the USA 6-4 in an intense five-setter
India picked up three medals on Friday and the overall tally rose to 13, including two gold, six silver and five bronze
An economics scholar from the Punjabi University, Patiala, Singh collected three shoot-off wins on the day starting with his triumphs in the opening rounds
Praveen, son of a poor farmer at a village near Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district, clinched the silver medal in the men's high jump T64/T44 event of the Paralympics
India won three medals on Friday at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. India now has 13 medals (2 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze). Catch highlights here
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