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Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India finishes 24th with record 19 medals
Indian contingent finished their campaign at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 at an all-time high by securing a total of 19 medals which includes 5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze medals.India sent its biggest ever contingent of 54 para-athletes across as many as 9 sporting disciplines at the Games. Badminton and Taekwondo made their debut in Tokyo, both of which were represented by India.Since making its first appearance at the Paralympics in 1968, India had won 12 medals in total till the 2016 Rio edition. The country has now massively improved upon that entire number by 7 medals at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 alone.Out of a total of 162 nations, India have finished 24th in the overall medal tally, while its accomplishment of 19 medals is ranked 20th based on the number of medals.The Gold medalists from the Indian contingent at Tokyo Paralympics were: Avani Lekhara in Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1, Pramod Bhagat in Men's singles SL3 badminton, Krishna Nagar in Men's singles SH6 ...
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Olympic aspirations
Start from basics to develop a sporting culture in the country
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Tokyo Olympics: From 3DAT to robots, the Games that went high-tech
The Olympics this year were not just tech-heavy in these more visible ways, but also deployed technology to bring the Games to the world in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic
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India at Olympics: Hockey breaks 41-year jinx, Dahiya wins silver
Heartbreak for Deepak Punia, Vinesh on a day of misses for Indian wrestlers
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Why India struggles to win Olympic gold medals: All you need to know
Abhinav Bindra said that the sports environment today is different from when he won the 10-meter air rifle competition in Beijing
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Woman power at Tokyo
Female athletes have done India proud
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Tokyo Olympics 2021: Simone Biles will not participate in floor final
USA Gymnastics on Sunday announced that the six-time Olympic medallist Simone Biles will not participate in the floor final
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Tokyo Olympics: Medal for Lovlina Borgohain; P V Sindhu closes in
The women too kept their hopes of moving ahead alive with Navneet Kaur scoring a late winner against Ireland for a 1-0 win
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Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Tokyo Games
Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics
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Olympics: US pole vaulter's positive test sends Aussies into isolation
Approximately 2,000 athletes are listed in the track lineup the largest sport on the sprawling Olympic program
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Tokyo Olympics: Atanu Das stuns champion archer, Mary Kom knocked out
Men's hockey team, P V Sindhu shine on a good day for India at the Olympics
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'I can die': Olympic athletes struggle with Tokyo's sweltering heat
Earlier on Friday, Russian archer fainted as Tokyo's temperatures climbed to as high as 34 degrees C
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Tokyo Olympics: P V Sindhu and Deepika Kumari register thumping wins
In hockey, the Indian women's team lost 1-4 to defending champions Great Britain
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Coronavirus cases in Tokyo leap to new record of 2,848 amid Olympics
A four-day weekend to celebrate the opening of the sports spectacle is also likely to have led to a backlog of testing
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Slim down the Games
Bloated Olympics have to carry too many sports
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After a high, the reality check: No medals for India on Olympics Day 2
The shooters came undone once again and the hockey team took a hammering
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Australia's Olympic chief, leader in spat after Brisbane gets 2032 nod
Australia's highest-ranking Olympic official and current premier of state of Queensland where the 2032 Summer Games will be held have put an early test to old adage that sports and politics don't mix
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IOC President Bach visit Hiroshima as Olympic Truce comes into force
The United Nations Truce Resolution for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 came into force from Friday
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Tokyo Olympics amid pandemic: What happens if an athlete tests positive
Listen to the podcast to know about the Tokyo Olympics, what happens if an athlete tests Covid-19 positive
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PM Modi wishes Indian athletes luck before they leave for Olympic Games
PM Modi also spoke to the parents of Sindhu and lauded them for backing their daughter during her journey to success.
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