India Schedule Paralympics 2024: India had sent a total of 54 athletes to the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, but this time the number of athletes has increased to 84. This will be the largest Indian contingent going to the Paralympics. These 84 athletes will be participating in a total of 12 sports. Let us tell you that in the Tokyo Paralympics, India won 19 medals including 5 gold and this time the number of medals is expected to cross 20.
Just like Neeraj Chopra has been India’s javelin throw star in the Olympics, all eyes will be on Sumit Antil in the Paris Paralympics. The F64 category para javelin throw record is in the name of Sumit of India. He set a world record by throwing the javelin 73.29 meters in the 2022 Asian Games. Let us know who these 84 athletes of India are and in which sports they will be participating.
Athletics
Javelin Throw – Sumit Antil, Sandeep, Ajit Singh, Rinku Hooda, Navdeep, Praveen Kumar, Bhavanaben Choudhary, Dipesh Kumar, Sundar Singh Gurjar, Sandeep Sanjay Sargar.
Shot Put – Sachin Sarjerao, Manu, Ravi Rongali, Mohammed Yasir, Rohit Kumar, Suman Rana, Bhagyashree Madhavrao.
High Jump- Nishad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Rampal, Shailesh Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Praveen Kumar.
Discus Throw – Yogesh Kathuniya, Kanchan Lakhani, Karamjyoti, Sakshi Kasana.
Club Throw – Dharambir, Pranav Surma, Amit Kumar.
100/200/400/1500 Meter Race – Deepti Jeevanji, Preeti Pal, Dilip Gavit, Rakshitha Raju, Simran.
Archery
Harvinder Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Swami, Pooja, Sarita, Sheetal Devi.
Badminton
Manoj Sarkar, Nitesh Kumar, Krishna Nagar, Shivarajan Solamalim, Suhas Yathiraj, Sukant Kadam, Tarun, Nitya Sri Sumati, Mandeep Kumar, Manasi Joshi, Palak Kohli, Thulasimati Murugeshan, Manisha Ramdas.
Sailing
Prachi Yadav, Yash Kumar, Pooja Ojha.
Cycling
Arshad Sheikh, Jyoti Gajeria.
Blind Judo
Kapil Parmar, Nightingale.
Powerlifting
Paramjit Kumar, Ashok, Sakina Khatoon, Kasturi Rajmani.
Roving
Anita, Narayana Konganapalle.
Shooting
Aamir Ahmed, Avni Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Nihal Singh, Manish Narwal, Rudransh Khandelwal, Siddharth Babu, Sriharsha Ramakrishna, Swaroop Unhalkar, Rubina Francis.
Table Tennis
Sonalben Patel, Bhavinaben Patel
Swimming
Suyash Narayan Jadhav – 50m butterfly
Taekwondo
aruna
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