Tokyo Paralympic

Avani, who won India's first gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 on August 30, stood second in the qualifying stage, finishing with a score of 1176 to make it to the final to be held later in the day.

Bhagat, the World No 1 in his category and the reigning world champion, beat the Ukrainian 21-12, 21-9 in 25 minutes. This was the second win for Bhagat in this three-player Group, jumping to a big lead in both games before sealing an impressive victory. Bhagat had beaten compatriot Manoj Sarkar in straight games in his opening match in Tokyo. The SL3 category has six players divided into two groups,

Aruna was taken to the hospital after her quarterfinal bout loss on Thursday. It is suspected that Aruna may be having a hairline fracture."Sorry to inform you that our Tigress @ArunaTanwar1 has got injured in her bout. Suspected hairline fracture.

Jakhar came up with a superb performance in the rapid section of the qualifying stage to finish with a score of 576. In the final, he survived the first elimination round as Ukraine's Iryna Liakhu was eliminated in a shootout with China's Yang Chao. The Chinese shooter was the next to get out, he finished with a score of 5.

Two world records were set by Chinese athletes in track and field as Zhu Dening winning the T38 men's long jump with 7.31 metres on his debut in the Games, and Shi Yiting winning T36 class women's 100m in 13.61 seconds, breaking her own world record of 13.68 seconds. "The gold is what I came here for. My family are very proud and were in tears when we spoke on the phone," Shi was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

From an Indian point of view, just like the recently concluded 2020 Olympics, the current edition of the Paralympics in Tokyo will never be forgotten. Indians have already registered their best ever performance at a single edition of the Paralympics with the medal haul touching double figures for the first time in history.

Mariyappan, who won the gold medal in the same category in the Rio Paralympics in 2016 with a jump of 1.89, could manage only 1.86 as American Sam Grewe outjumped him by clearing 1.88 metres. Mariyappan tried to clear 1.88 but failed in three attempts. Sharad managed 1.83 metres and bagged the bronze medal. Varun Bhati finished sixth with a valid jump of 1.77m.

Jhajharia's latest medal came with an attempt of 64.35m in the men's javelin throw (F46 final event). Talking to IANS from Tokyo, Jhajharia said, "As I am 40-year-old now, I believe I have challenged science. Winning silver is also important. My father always wanted me to make a hat-trick of medals and now I did it. I am sure he would be so proud of me. I dedicate this medal to my late father. Whatever I am today is because of his motivation and support".

Petkar had won a gold medal in 50m freestyle swimming in 1972 Games in Heidelberg. On Monday, Avani bagged gold in R2 - Women's 10m Air Rifle SH1, setting a World Record in the process. So, Petkar penned a message -- from one pioneer to another, wishing the 19-year-old Avani more records and success. Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in 10m air rifle standing at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and become the first ever Indian woman gold medallist.

Narwal tied for the top spot with Chinese Lou Xiaolong, both with a score of 575 points. He, however, topped the ranking having shot 21 pellets into the inner 10 circles as compared to 15 by Lou. Singhraj tallied 569 points to finish sixth in the 60-shot qualifying cycle. Narwal came up with scores of 96, 95, 92,98, 97, and 97 in the six rounds of 10 shots each in the low-scoring qualifying round.