Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the historic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to lead India to its best-ever haul in the Olympics with seven medals — a gold, two silvers and four bronze medals.

From Neeraj Chopra to Krishna Nagar: Olympic and Paralympic 'gold diggers' made India happy

Inspirational, incredible and indomitable. India's paralympians managed to be all these and much more in an epoch-making campaign at the Tokyo Games where an unparalleled 19 medals, including five gold, helped them sign off 24th in the overall tally -- the highest ever.

Better than the best: India's para-athletes soar high in best ever Paralympics

Tokyo prepared to bid a spectacular farewell to the Paralympics on Sunday, as organisers hailed the pandemic-delayed Games as the "most important edition" ever. Fifteen gold medals were awarded on the final day of action, bringing the curtain down on a competition which saw a record 86 teams win medals and 62 claim at least one gold.

Tokyo prepares to say farewell to 'most important' Paralympics