Tokyo Olympics 2020 Paralympics

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Tokyo Paralympics 2020: After pandemic duty, IAS officer cum shuttler Suhas L Yathiraj gears up for Games

The bureaucrat along Manoj Sarkar on Friday qualified after the game's governing body BWF granted two bipartite quotas to India, making it a seven-member contingent at the Tokyo Games.

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.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Amit Kumar Saroha, Sandeep Chaudhary seal qualification for Games

Two-time Paralympian Saroha will be representing the country in the F51 category in the discus throw and club throw. F51 refers to limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement.