Tokyo Paralympics 2020
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Tokyo Olympics 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto says official costs of Games will be known early next year
•Although the official cost for Tokyo 2020 has been listed as $15.4 billion, several government audits have shown costs may be much higher. Olympic costs are notoriously difficult to track, but no matter the actual cost, most of it is public money.
Paralympics bronze medal winner Sharad Kumar diagnosed with heart inflammation
•The-29-year-old Patna-born athlete, who stays in Chhatarpur, was discharged from the medical facility earlier this week but had to come back for some more tests.
Beijing Winter Olympics: IOC urges teams to ask for more vaccines ahead of next year's Games
•Health officials in China said this week that more than one billion people, or 72 percent of the country's 1.4 billion citizens, have been fully vaccinated.
Paralympics gold medallist Pramod Bhagat says he learnt to stay calm under pressure from Sachin Tendulkar
•The 33-year-old Indian, who had contracted polio when he was four years old, showed great mental fortitude as he recovered from an eight-point deficit in the second game to come up trumps against his opponent.
After record-setting Tokyo 2020, PCI aims for 25 medals, including 10 golds, at Paris 2024
•India's Paralympians returned from Tokyo 2020 with an unprecedented medal haul of five golds, eight silver and six bronze medals. This was India's best-ever Paralympics campaign.
What makes PM Modi nervous? Here's what he told India's Tokyo Paralympians
Payalmehta •Thursday morning was a special one for the Paralympians who were able to experience the personal touch of the PM while he connected with them during the function
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.
Bhavina Patel credits her silver at Tokyo Paralympics to table tennis robot provided by SAI
•Patel became the first Indian table tennis player to win a Paralympic medal by clinching the silver, going down to Zhang Miao of China in the summit clash.
After Tokyo high, PCI targets creating certified classifiers, streamlining competition structure
Amit Kamath •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.