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Paralympics: Nagar, Yathiraj help India end Tokyo 2020 campaign with 19 medals
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 based on the number of medals (19) it won. Krishna Nagar in Men's Singles SH6 class, won India's lone gold medal on Sunday.
Tokyo gold medallist Pramod Bhagat once had no money to buy racket
Bhagat, a native of Bihar's Hajipur town in Vaishali district had natural talent in sports. "He used to beat any person in the city during his childhood. When he was just five years old, he became a polio victim. As our financial state was not good and my sister Kishuni Devi and her husband Kailash Bhagat did not have a child, they adopted Pramod and took him to Bhubaneswar," said Rama Bhagat.
Ravi Shastri, India support staff put under isolation
"The BCCI Medical Team has isolated Mr Ravi Shastri, Head Coach, Mr B. Arun, Bowling Coach, Mr R. Sridhar, Fielding Coach, and Mr Nitin Patel, Physiotherapist as a precautionary measure after Mr Shastri's lateral flow test returned positive last evening," he said in a statement.
US Open: Swiatek overcomes Kontaveit; Sakkari, Pliskova advance
The 2020 French Open champion Swiatek, who came back from 3-6, 6-6 down to scrape past Fiona Ferro of France in the previous round, needed two hours and 17 minutes to overcome a surging Kontaveit. Kontaveit had won their first two meetings, including a tough fourth round of the Australian Open last year. But Swiatek beat Kontaveit during her attempted title defence at the French Open earlier this season, and she made it two in a row in New York, levelling their head-to-head.
Rohit's intentions were clear, adapted his game according to India's need: Zaheer
A dominant India took control of the fourth Test on Saturday, extending their lead to 171 at stumps on day three, as Rohit struck his first Test hundred away from home and eighth overall. The visitors were on 270/3 when bad light brought a premature end to proceedings. The 34-year-old Rohit made batting look extremely easy in overcast conditions during his stay at the crease and also completed 3000 Test runs in the process.
Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins India's fifth gold in Tokyo
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 Jaipur did not disappoint as he played a superb aggressive game to prevail over Chu 2-1 in 43 minutes.
Paralympic shooting: Babu misses spot in final by 0.2 points
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 of a motorcycle accident in 2002, had scores of 103.3, 101.3, 102.8, 103.5, and 103.3 in the six series as he finished ninth.
How Odisha is emerging as sports hub of India
A decade ago, people outside Odisha only knew about athletes only when it came to sports, and, at maximum, people know about the Barabati Stadium, where few international cricket matches were hosted. Though the Kalinga Stadium was there in Bhubaneswar, people were not aware of that because the platform was confined to the training of local athletes. But, now, this stadium has become a centre of excellence for the country's sports personalities.
Spending time at crease, facing balls biggest takeaway: Rohit Sharma
"The most pleasing thing was that I was able to play 250 balls (256 balls). If you look at all the matches, [I have played] nearly 100 balls in every innings. That for me was the goal. Play balls. Try and see how I can stay on the pitch for as long as possible," said Sharma to the media in a virtual interaction on Saturday after the third day's play.
Paralympics: China takes medal haul to 200, leads table
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 even get into the top three. I concentrated on every step in order to win."
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