Paralympics

While his dream of being a wrestler may have been crushed, Sumit Antil's dream of competing in Olympics and Paralympics in Paris 2024 have just taken off.

With this, India's medal tally at Tokyo Paralympics 2020 has reached eight.

This comes on a day Rahul Gandhi shared fake 'hate crime' clip to further the 'Dara Hua Musalman' narrative, that too on Krishna Janmashtami

“Our athletes continue to shine at the #Paralympics!" remarked PM Modi congratulating Sumit Antil.

Devendra Jhajharia is the only Indian to have won two individual gold medals at the Paralympics.

PM Modi also took to Twitter to congratulate Yogesh Kathuniya in winning the silver medal at Paralympics.

Avani Lekhara has won the fourth medal for India at Tokyo Paralympics.

20-year-old Nishad has been participating in para sports since 2009. At age 8, he suffered from an accident where he lost his right hand.

Bhavina had earlier lost to Ying Zhou in straight games in her first match in Tokyo Paralympics in the group stage as well.

Talking about the preparations, Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) President Deepa Malik had told ANI, "There was a difficult time in getting the trials done, to be able to make the SOP, we want to thank the Sports Authority of India."