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Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games

August 25 , 2021 1189 days 984 0
  • It is held from 24th August - 5th September, 2021.
  • The official Mascot is ‘Someity’.
  • For the 1st time, Badminton & Taekwondo will be introduced by replacing Sailing and 7-a-side football.
  • India will field their largest contingent ever in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
  • A total of 54 Athletes will compete in 9 Sporting events.
  • Only 19 Indian Athletes competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
  • Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia (won Gold at Rio Paralympics) and high jump ace Mariyappan Thangavelu are the two Paralympic champions in the current Indian contingent.
  • Prachi Yadav is set to become India’s 1st paracanoe at the Tokyo Para Games.
  • Avani Lekhera will be the 1st Indian woman para shooter to compete at the Paralympics.
  • Harvinder Singh and Vivek Chikara are the 1st Men Archers from the country to qualify for the Games.
  • Anurag Thakur and Nisith Pramanik launched Theme Song ‘Kar De Kamaal Tu’ for Paralympics.
  • The song is composed & sung by Sanjeev Singh, Divyang Cricket Player.

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