{"id":51587,"date":"2021-09-06T05:17:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T05:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=51587"},"modified":"2021-09-06T05:17:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T05:17:32","slug":"tokyo-paralympics-2020-india-finishes-24th-with-record-19-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/tokyo-paralympics-2020-india-finishes-24th-with-record-19-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India finishes 24th with record 19 medals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian contingent finished their campaign at the&nbsp;Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020&nbsp;at an all-time high by securing a total of 19 medals which includes 5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indian Flag Bearers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Javelin thrower&nbsp;<strong>Tek Chand<\/strong>&nbsp;was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics.<\/li><li>Shooter&nbsp;<strong>Avani Lekhara<\/strong>&nbsp;was India\u2019s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India at Paralympics 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India sent its biggest ever contingent of&nbsp;<strong>54 para-athletes<\/strong>&nbsp;at Tokyo Paralympics to compete across as many as 9 sporting disciplines at the Games.<\/li><li>Prior to this, India had won a total of 12 Paralympics medals, since making its first appearance at the Paralympics in 1968, till the 2016 Rio.<\/li><li>The Indian theme song of Paralympics 2020&nbsp;<strong>\u201cKar de kamaal tu\u201d.<\/strong>&nbsp;The composer and singer of the song is<strong>&nbsp;Sanjeev Singh,<\/strong>&nbsp;a Divyang cricket player from Lucknow.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of Indian medalists winners of Tokyo Paralympics 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Gold<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Sumit Antil (Men\u2019s Javelin Throw)<\/strong><\/li><li>Badminton:&nbsp;<strong>Pramod Bhagat (Men\u2019s Singles)<\/strong><\/li><li>Badminton:&nbsp;<strong>Krishna Nagar (Men\u2019s Singles)<\/strong><\/li><li>Shooting:&nbsp;<strong>Manish Narwal (Mixed 50m Pistol)<\/strong><\/li><li>Shooting:&nbsp;<strong>Avani Lekhara (Women\u2019s 10m Air Rifle Standing)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Silver<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Yogesh Kathuniya (Men\u2019s Discus Throw)<\/strong><\/li><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Nishad Kumar (Men\u2019s High Jump)<\/strong><\/li><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Mariyappan Thangavelu (Men\u2019s High Jump)<\/strong><\/li><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Praveen Kumar (Men\u2019s High Jump)<\/strong><\/li><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Devendra Jhajharia (Men\u2019s Javelin Throw)<\/strong><\/li><li>Badminton:&nbsp;<strong>Suhas Yathiraj (Men\u2019s Singles)<\/strong><\/li><li>Shooting:&nbsp;<strong>Singhraj Adhana (Mixed 50m Pistol)<\/strong><\/li><li>Table Tennis:&nbsp;<strong>Bhavina Patel (Women\u2019s Singles)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Bronze<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Archery:&nbsp;<strong>Harvinder Singh (Men\u2019s Individual Recurve)<\/strong><\/li><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Sharad Kumar (Men\u2019s High Jump)<\/strong><\/li><li>Athletics:&nbsp;<strong>Sundar Singh Gurjar (Men\u2019s Javelin Throw)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li>Badminton:&nbsp;<strong>Manoj Sarkar (Men\u2019s Singles)<\/strong><\/li><li>Shooting:&nbsp;<strong>Singhraj Adhana (Men\u2019s 10m Air Pistol)<\/strong><\/li><li>Shooting:&nbsp;<strong>Avani Lekhara (Women\u2019s 50m Rifle 3 Positions)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important takeaways from Tokyo Paralympics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tokyo Paralympics was the&nbsp;<strong>16th<\/strong>&nbsp;Summer Paralympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan from&nbsp;<strong>August 24, to September 05, 2021.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Badminton and Taekwondo<\/strong>&nbsp;were inducted for the first time in Tokyo Paralympics.<\/li><li>Team&nbsp;<strong>China<\/strong>&nbsp;topped the final medal tally at Tokyo Paralympic Games. The country won a total of&nbsp;<strong>207 medals<\/strong>&nbsp;(96 golds, 60 silvers and 51 bronzes).&nbsp;<strong>United Kingdom (124)<\/strong>&nbsp;gets the second position followed by the&nbsp;<strong>USA (104).<\/strong><\/li><li>This is the fifth consecutive time&nbsp;<strong>China<\/strong>&nbsp;dominated Paralympic Games in both gold medal tally and overall medal tally.<\/li><li>The closing ceremony was entitled<strong>&nbsp;\u2018Harmonious Cacophony\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;and involved both able-bodied actors and others with disabilities. The theme was described by organizers as a&nbsp;<strong>\u2018world inspired by the Paralympics, one where differences shine\u2019<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian contingent finished their campaign at the&nbsp;Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020&nbsp;at an all-time high by securing a total of 19 medals which includes 5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze medals. Indian Flag Bearers: Javelin thrower&nbsp;Tek Chand&nbsp;was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics. Shooter&nbsp;Avani Lekhara&nbsp;was India\u2019s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony. 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