Indian para-athletes are set to begin their Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 campaign, which is scheduled to be held from August 24 till September 5. India will be fielding its biggest ever contingent to Paralympic Games as a total of 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will aim for a podium finish.

Indian para-athletes are set to begin their Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 campaign, which is scheduled to be held from August 24 till September 5. India will be fielding its biggest ever contingent to Paralympic Games as a total of 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will aim for a podium finish. ALSO READ | Tokyo Paralympics: Vinod Kumar, Tek Chand among 5 Indian athletes to attend opening ceremony Among those in medal contention are, world No. 3 and world No. 2 in the javelin, Sumit Antil and Sandeep Chaudhary; Manish Narwal (10m air pistol), Singhraj (10m air pistol) and Avani Lekhara (10m air rifle, 50m air rifle) in shooting and Mariyappan Thangavelu in the high jump. Thangavelu Mariyappan, Rio 2016 Gold Medal winner, will be the flag bearer of India in the opening ceremony. #DidYouKnow?! A Total of 53 Athletes across 09 Sports Disciplines from India will be heading to the #Tokyo2020 @Paralympics! (24th Aug-5th Sep '21) This is the Biggest-Ever contingent #India is sending to any #Paralympics till date!!#Praise4Para 🇮🇳#StrongerTogether #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/hqxOn41Lps — Paralympic India 🇮🇳 #Cheer4India 🏅 #Praise4Para (@ParalympicIndia) July 29, 2021 × Know the date and events in which Indian athletes are participating at Tokyo Paralympics 2020: August 25 Table Tennis - Individual C3 - Sonalben Madhubhai Patel Table Tennis - Individual C4 - Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel August 27 Archery - Men's Recurve Individual Open - Harvinder Singh, Vivek Chikara Archery - Men's Compound Individual Open - Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Swami Archery - Women's Compound Individual Open - Jyoti Baliyan Archery - Compound Mixed Team Open - Jyoti Baliyan & TBC Powerlifting - Men’s 65kg - Jaideep Deswal Powerlifting - Women’s 50kg - Sakina Khatun Swimming - 200 Individual Medley SM7 - Suyash Jadhav The women of #TeamIndia continue to inspire at #Tokyo2020 and infuse more & more enthusiasm in our para-athletes rearing to go for #Paralympics next! Congratulations! #chakde 🎉#Cheer4India #Praise4Para 🇮🇳 #IND #StrongerTogether #UnitedByEmotion pic.twitter.com/QfWjO96MuF — Paralympic India 🇮🇳 #Cheer4India 🏅 #Praise4Para (@ParalympicIndia) August 2, 2021 × August 28 Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw F57 - Ranjeet Bhati August 29 Athletics - Men's Discus Throw F52 - Vinod Kumar Athletics - Men's High Jump T47 - Nishad Kumar, Ram Pal August 30 Shooting - Men's R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 - Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Deepak Saini Shooting - Women's R2 – 10 m air rifle SH1 - Avani Lekhara Athletics - Men’s Discus Throw F56 - Yogesh Kathuniya Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw F46 - Sundar Singh Gurjar, Ajeet Singh, Devendra Jhajharia Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw F64 - Sumit Antil, Sandeep Choudhary pic.twitter.com/LVGaGPw9jH — Paralympic India 🇮🇳 #Cheer4India 🏅 #Praise4Para (@ParalympicIndia) August 3, 2021 × August 31 Shooting - Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1 - Manish Narwal, Deepender Singh, Singhraj Shooting - Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 - Rubina Francis Athletics - Men’s High Jump T63 - Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati Athletics - Women’s 100m T13 - Simran Athletics - Women’s Shot Put F34 - Bhagyashri Madavrao Jadhav September 1 Badminton - Men’s Singles SL3 - Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar Badminton - Women’s Singles SU5 - Palak Kohli Badminton - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 - Pramod Bhagat & Palak Kohli Athletics - Men’s Club Throw F51 - Dharambir Nain, Amit Kumar Saroha September 2 Badminton - Men’s Singles SL4 - Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon Badminton - Men’s Singles SS6 - Krishna Nagar Badminton - Women’s Singles SL4 - Parul Parmar Badminton - Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 - Parul Parmar & Palak Kohli Para Canoeing - Women’s VL2 - Prachi Yadav Shooting - Mixed P3 - 25 m pistol SH1 - Akash & Rahul Jakhar Taekwondo - Women’s K44 -49kg - Aruna Tanwar Athletics - Men’s Shot Put F35 - Arvind Malik Tune into the @Paralympics #Tokyo2020 @ParalympicIndia's Inspiring Theme Song launched by Hon. Min @mib_india & @IndiaSports Sh @ianuragthakur & Hon. MoS @IndiaSports Sh Nisith Pramanik #Praise4Para #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/14G3OBFEsG — Paralympic India 🇮🇳 #Cheer4India 🏅 #Praise4Para (@ParalympicIndia) August 3, 2021 × September 3 Swimming - 50m Butterfly S7 - Suyash Jadhav, Niranjan Mukundan Shooting - Men’s R7 - 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 - Deepak Saini Shooting - Women’s R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 - Avani Lekhara Athletics - Men’s High Jump T64 - Praveen Kumar Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw F54 - Tek Chand Athletics - Men’s Shot Put F57 - Soman Rana Athletics - Women’s Club Throw F51 - Ekta Bhyan, Kashish Lakra September 4 Shooting - Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 - Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu & Avani Lekhara Shooting - Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 - Akash, Manish Narwal and Singhraj Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw F41 - Navdeep Singh September 5 Shooting - Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1 - Deepak Saini, Avani Lekhara and Sidhartha Babu

India at Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Events, date, complete schedule of Indian athletes

Indian legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has urged everyone to keep supporting the Indian contingent of 54 para-athletes, who are set to participate in the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020.

Indian legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has urged everyone to keep supporting the Indian contingent of 54 para-athletes, who are set to participate in the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020. The Master Blaster wished the participants as the Games are opening on Tuesday (August 24) and he hailed athletes' "extraordinary ability". Tendulkar also said that their passion and commitment serve as an "inspiration for us all". Taking to his official Twitter handle, Sachin wrote, "The #Paralympics games start tomorrow & my best wishes are with the entire contingent. These women & men are athletes with extraordinary ability. They’ve overcome physical limitations through their passion, grit & commitment, and serve as an inspiration for us all." ALSO READ | India at Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Events, date, complete schedule of Indian athletes India will be fielding its biggest ever contingent to Paralympic Games as a total of 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will participate at the Games, which is scheduled to be held between August 24 and September 5. Thangavelu Mariyappan, Rio 2016 Gold Medal winner, will be the flag bearer of India in the opening ceremony. "I have always believed that these women and men are not athletes with special abilities. Rather, they are women and men of extraordinary ability who are all real life heroes for each one of us. Their journeys are an eye opener to what women and men can do with passion, commitment and determination and serve as inspiration for every one of us," Tendulkar wrote in a note as quoted by PTI. "I have always believed that if we can celebrate our Paralympic athletes in the very same manner that we celebrate our Olympic heroes and our cricketers, we can become a better society. And it is not simply about the medal winners." ALSO READ | Tokyo Paralympics: Vinod Kumar, Tek Chand among 5 Indian athletes to attend opening ceremony "Not every athlete among the 54 participating in the Paralympics will win a medal. However, it is important we celebrate them all. We need to celebrate the process and not simply the outcome. That`s when real change will happen in our sport," Sachin added. "I have been reading we might win more than 10 medals this time round. I hope we win more. In Rio we had won 4 medals. If that goes up to 10 it is a significant upswing that all of us should celebrate," said Tendulkar" "Each of them are great role models and to see them perform for India and do it all for the tricolour is in itself a great sense of satisfaction for the country," he added. Tendulkar also thanked everyone who helped the para-athletes at every step of their journeys. "I have been delighted to see India embrace the Paralympics this year, the very welcome initiatives of the government and corporates working in partnership and on their own in different aspects of extending support to our sports persons are all steps in the right direction," said Tendulkar. "To conclude - I will watch Paralympics with equal intensity like I did for the Olympics. I urge all of you to do so and cheer for our beloved India," he added. (with inputs from agencies)

India at Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Sachin Tendulkar urges everyone to cheer for Indian contingent

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has wished the Indian contingent of 54 para-athletes representing India at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020, which will kick off from Tuesday (August 24).&nbsp;

Taking to his Twitter, Virat said that he is sending his best wishes and he is sure that the athletes will make the nation "proud". He also wrote that he is cheering for each athlete.&nbsp;

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India will be fielding its biggest ever contingent to Paralympic Games as a total of 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will participate at the Games, which is scheduled to be held from August 24 till September 5.&nbsp;

The opening ceremony of the Games will take place on Tuesday (August 24) and Thangavelu Mariyappan, Rio 2016 Gold Medal winner, will be the flag bearer of India in the opening ceremony.&nbsp;

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Indian legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has also urged everyone to keep supporting the Indian contingent. Master Blaster wished the participants and he hailed athletes' "extraordinary ability". Tendulkar also said that their passion and commitment serve as an "inspiration for us all".

Taking to his official Twitter handle, Sachin wrote, "The #Paralympics games start tomorrow &amp; my best wishes are with the entire contingent. These women &amp; men are athletes with extraordinary ability. They’ve overcome physical limitations through their passion, grit &amp; commitment, and serve as an inspiration for us all."

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has wished the Indian contingent of 54 para-athletes representing India at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020, which will kick off from Tuesday (August 24).

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has wished the Indian contingent of 54 para-athletes representing India at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020, which will kick off from Tuesday (August 24). Taking to his Twitter, Virat said that he is sending his best wishes and he is sure that the athletes will make the nation "proud". He also wrote that he is cheering for each athlete. ALSO READ | Tokyo Paralympics: Vinod Kumar, Tek Chand among 5 Indian athletes to attend opening ceremony India will be fielding its biggest ever contingent to Paralympic Games as a total of 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will participate at the Games, which is scheduled to be held from August 24 till September 5. The opening ceremony of the Games will take place on Tuesday (August 24) and Thangavelu Mariyappan, Rio 2016 Gold Medal winner, will be the flag bearer of India in the opening ceremony. ALSO READ | India at Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Events, date, complete schedule of Indian athletes Sending my best wishes and support to the 🇮🇳 contingent at the Tokyo Paralympics. I am cheering for each one of you and I am sure you will make us proud. #TeamIndia #Praise4Para #Tokyo2020 — Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 23, 2021 × Indian legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has also urged everyone to keep supporting the Indian contingent. Master Blaster wished the participants and he hailed athletes' "extraordinary ability". Tendulkar also said that their passion and commitment serve as an "inspiration for us all". Taking to his official Twitter handle, Sachin wrote, "The #Paralympics games start tomorrow & my best wishes are with the entire contingent. These women & men are athletes with extraordinary ability. They’ve overcome physical limitations through their passion, grit & commitment, and serve as an inspiration for us all."

Tokyo Paralympics: Virat Kohli sends best wishes to Indian contingent, says 'cheering for each one of you'