INDIA's PARALYMPICS PERFORMANCE AT TOKYO (2021)

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INDIA's PARALYMPICS PERFORMANCE AT TOKYO (2021)

 

The 2020 PARALYMPICS (postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic) was held in Tokyo between 24.8.2021 and 5.9.2021. The overall performance of India’s 54-member contingent was excellent. It was a medal rainy season for India there. What a great way for India to finish the Paralympics event at Tokyo!

 

The nation felt proud of its boys and girls who clinched for the first time ever in history a record double-digit tally of 19 medals (5 Gold, 8 Silver, and 6 Bronze). Kudos to them!

 

While the Indian mainland was experiencing heavy southwest monsoon downpours, away at Tokyo, we had showers of medals greeting India.

  

Who said ‘They can’t'. Yes, they can. This was amply and emphatically proved by our following differently-abled participants.

 

India's Tokyo Paralympics medals

Name

Sport

Event

Medal

Name

1. Sumit Antil

Athletics

Men's Javelin Throw - F64

GOLD

Sport Class: F64

2. Pramod Bhagat

Badminton

Men's Singles SL3

GOLD

Sport Class: SL3

3. Krishna Nagar

Badminton

Men's Singles SH6

GOLD

Sports Class: SH6

4. Manish Narwal

Shooting

P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1

GOLD

 Sport Class: SH1

5. Avani Lekhara

Shooting

R2 - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1

GOLD

Sport Class: SH1

6. Yogesh Kathuniya

Athletics

Men's Discus Throw - F56

SILVER

Sport Class: F56

7. Nishad Kumar

Athletics

Men's High Jump - T47

SILVER

Sport Class: T47

8.Mariyappan Thangavelu

Athletics

Men's High Jump - T63

SILVER

Sport Class: T42

9. Praveen Kumar

Athletics

Men's High Jump - T64

SILVER

Sport Class: T44

10. Devendra Jhajharia

Athletics

Men's Javelin Throw - F46

SILVER

Sport Class: F46

11. Suhas Yathiraj

Badminton

Men's Singles SL4

SILVER

Sport Class: SL4

12. Singhraj Adhana

Shooting

P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1

SILVER

Sport Class: SH1

13. Bhavina Patel

Table Tennis

Women's Singles - Class 4

SILVER

Sport Class: 4

14. Harvinder Singh

Archery

Men's Individual Recurve - Open

BRONZE

Sport Class: ST

15. Sharad Kumar

Athletics

Men's High Jump - T63

BRONZE

Sport Class: T42

16. Sundar Singh Gurjar

Athletics

Men's Javelin Throw - F46

BRONZE

 Sport Class: F46

17. Manoj Sarkar

Badminton

Men's Singles SL3

BRONZE

Sport Class: SL3

18. Singhraj Adhana

Shooting

P1 - Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1

BRONZE

Sport Class: SH1

19. Avani Lekhara

Shooting

R8 - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1

BRONZE

Sport Class: SH1

 

Indian medal-winning boys and girls, you have made India proud! The nation and people feel proud of you!

  

The differently-abled people of India in general, and the Paralympics medal winners in particular, have proved the following points – The only disability in life is a bad attitude - please understand I have a disability, not a disease - I may walk, talk and move differently than you do, but on the inside, I am not too different.

 

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you are needed by someone somewhere. There is ability in disability too. It is not a disability, but a different ability.

 

More specifically, they have demonstrated to the world, “We would not change you for the world, but we would change the world for you.”

 

When a disability strikes one, you have three choices – you can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you. These folks have obviously opted for the best third choice.

 

The never-before medals tally of India at the Tokyo Paralympics was a shining example of ‘Yes, they can’. The Indian differently-abled athletes have demonstrated that they can change the word and world for us.

 

Congrats and best wishes to them to have a bright future and bring many more laurels to our motherland!

 

Last but not the least, let us listen to a differently-abled who says, “Don’t judge me till you walk a mile in my shoes or live a day in my life.”

 

 

R.SAMPATH

2/11/2021

 

 

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