Paralympic Committee Of India

After Tokyo high, PCI targets creating certified classifiers, streamlining competition structure

After India’s record-setting haul of 19 medals at Tokyo Paralympics, Deepa Malik, head of PCI, said they will look to capitalise on the momentum by creating more certified classifiers in the country, holding timely selection trails, and conducting timely Nationals.

Suhas Yathiraj says he's 'never been so happy and disappointed at same time' after silver at Tokyo 2020

A computer engineer, Suhas Yathiraj became an IAS officer in 2007 and was at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as Noida's District Magistrate.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Paralympic Committee of India head Deepa Malik lauds shooter Avani Lekhara

She has risen above all the challenges. The way she (Lekhara) showed maturity to handle the pressure during competition, she has emerged as a role model and we are so proud of her," Malik said at a virtual press conference, facilitated by official broadcasters Eurosport, after the 19-year-old scripted history.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Bhavinaben Patel becomes first Indian table tennis star to assure medal

The 34-year-old Indian beat her Serbian opponent 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a quarter-final match that lasted 18 minutes.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: PCI president Deepa Malik hopeful of India creating history with best-ever performance at Games

India will field its biggest contingent with 54 athletes set to compete in nine sports— archery, athletics, badminton, canoeing, shooting, swimming, powerlifting, table tennis and taekwondo.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Five athletes, six officials from Indian contingent to take part in Opening Ceremony

The five athletes expected to take part in the Opening Ceremony are flagbearer Mariyappan Thangavelu, discus thrower Vinod Kumar, javelin thrower Tek Chand and powerlifters Jaideep and Sakina Khatun.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Indian powerlifters Jaideep Kumar, Sakina Khatun qualify for Games

World Para Powerlifting conferred a bipartite quota each to Kumar (men's 65 kg) and Khatun (women's 50kg), Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) said.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: PCI announce 24-member squad headlined by Devendra Jhajharia, Mariyappan Thangavelu

Besides Jhajharia and Thangavelu, who won gold in the F46 javelin and T-42 high jump events respectively in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, other top para-athletes include world record holders Sandeep Chowdhury and Sumeet.

Avani Lekhara wins women's 10m air rifle silver medal at World Shooting Para Sport World Cup

Lekhara put up a strong challenge in the R2 - women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 final but fell short, in the end, to go down to Ukraine's Iryna Shchetnik by just 0.3 points

Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary's missed dope test not considered whereabouts failure, says IPC

Chaudhary, who is under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) of the government, was not available at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium complex when a dope control officer (DCO) came to take his sample last month.