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."
The Indian men's hockey team secured their first Olympics medal in 41 years. The Indian Hockey team had won the last Olympic medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Deepak Punia, who represented the country in the freestyle 86kg category, defeat Chinese wrestler Zushen Lin by a 6-3 margin to enter the men's Freestyle 86kg wrestling semi-finals.