Tokyo Paralympics

Archer Harvinder Singh credits Tokyo Paralympics bronze to 'practice of tie shots, breathing exercises'

Harvinder, whose legs stopped functioning properly due to adverse effect from an injection during his childhood, won a historic archery bronze in the men's individual recurve event in the just-concluded Tokyo Paralympics.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Last batch of Indian para-athletes return home to rousing reception

India returned with an unprecedented 19 medals, including five gold, eight silver and six bronze to sign off the country's best-ever Paralympics campaign by finishing 24th in the overall tally on Sunday.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Pramod Bhagat, Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar enter badminton finals

The 33-year-old Bhagat, the current world No 1, secured a 21-11, 21-16 win over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the first SL3 class semi-finals that lasted 36 minutes.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: 'The stuff of dreams', Twitterati hail shooters Manish Narwal, Singhraj Adhana's medal-winning feats

Twitterati were overwhelmed by Manish Narwal and fellow shooter Singhraj Adhana's medal-winning feat at Paralympics. Here's how they reacted.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Shooter Manish Narwal clinches India's third gold, Singhraj Adana bags silver

Narwal shot a total of 218.2, a Paralympic record, to claim the yellow metal while Adana, who had won the bronze in the P1 men's 10m air pistol SH1 event on Tuesday, added a silver to his kitty with an effort of 216.7.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: President, Prime Minister congratulate Praveen Kumar on high jump silver

Competing in his debut Paralympics, Kumar (18) set a new Asian record with a 2.07-metre jump to finish behind Great Britain's Jonathan Broom-Edwards, who notched up his season's best of 2.10 metre for the gold.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Praveen Kumar clinches silver medal in men's T64 high jump

Praveen Kumar, competing in his debut Paralympics, set a new Asian record with a 2.07m jump to finish behind Great Britain's Jonathan Broom-Edwards, who notched up his season's best of 2.10m for the gold.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Bomb blast survivor swimmer Haven Shepherd 'just having fun' at Games

Shepherd was 14 months old and living in rural Vietnam when her birth parents - who she has been told were having an affair and could not marry - decided to take their own lives, as well as the child's.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Afghanistan's Hossain Rasouli finally gets his chance to compete

Hossain is primarily a sprinter but arrived too late for his event. So he tried the long jump in the T47 class, his only event at these Games.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India women's table tennis team loses to China in quarter-finals

The Indian women's table tennis team including Bhavina Patel was outclassed 0-2 by China in the Class 4-5 quarter-final at the Paralympic Games