TOKYO PARALYMPIC 2020

 TOKYO PARALYMPIC 2020

    Overview with Facts💠

🔷 Host city : Tokyo, Japan

🔷 Motto : United by Emotion

🔷 Opening : 24 August 2021

🔷 Closing : 5 September 2021

🔷 Opened By : Emperor Naruhito

🔷 Paralympic mascot : Someity

💠 Javelin thrower Tek Chand was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics

💠 Shooter Avani Lekhara was India’s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony

💠 Badminton and taekwondo made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo

💠 Shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two medals - a gold and a bronze - at the Paralympics

Ⓜ️ PARALYMPIC SONG Ⓜ️

💠 Song titled : “Kar De Kamaal Tu”

🔷 Composer & Singer : Sanjeev Singh

🥇GOLD MEDAL

♦️Sumit Antil (Haryana) – Javelin Throw

♦️Pramod Bhagat (Bihar) – Badminton

♦️Krishna Nagar (Rajasthan)  – Badminton

♦️Manish Narwal (Haryana) – Shooting

♦️Avani Lekhara (Rajasthan)– Shooting

🥈SILVER MEDAL

♦️Yogesh Kathuniya (Haryana) –Discus Throw

♦️Nishad Kumar (Himachal Pradesh) – High Jump

♦️Mariyappan Thangavelu (Tamil Nadu) – High Jump

♦️Praveen Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) – High Jump

♦️Devendra Jhajharia (Rajasthan) – Javelin Throw

♦️Suhas Yathiraj ( Uttar Pradesh) – Badminton

♦️Singhraj Adhana (Haryana) – Shooting

♦️Bhavina Patel ( Gujarat) – Table Tennis

🥉BRONZE MEDAL

♦️Harvinder Singh (Haryana) – Archery

♦️Sharad Kumar ( Bihar) – High Jump

♦️Sundar Singh Gurjar (Rajasthan) – Javelin Throw

♦️Manoj Sarkar ( Uttarakhand) – Badminton

♦️Singhraj Adhana ( Haryana)– Shooting

♦️Avani Lekhara (Rajasthan) – Shooting

🏆 FINAL MEDAL TALLY

🔷 1st Rank : CHINA

🔶 [ 96 (G) 60 (S) 51 (B) = 207 ]

🔷 2nd Rank : Great Britain

🔶 [ 41 (G) 38 (S) 45 (B) = 124 ]

🔷 3rd Rank : United States

🔶 [ 37 (G) 36 (S) 31 ( B) = 104

🔷 24 Position : INDIA

🔶 [ 5 (G) 8(S) 6 (B) = 19]

🔰 SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES

🔶 2020 : Tokyo, Japan

🔶 2024 : Paris, France

🔶 2028 : Los Angeles, US

🔶 2032 : Brisbane, Australia