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
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