As PCI chief Deepa Malik said, India is "going to create history" at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Five years ago in Rio, India won four medals, including two gold, a silver and a bronze. This time, at the Japanese capital, India's realistic target is a minimum of 10. And the country has sent a strong contingent of 54 para-athletes. (More Sports News)
Indian para-athletes will compete in nine sports at the Tokyo Paralympics. India's medal hopes lie on the likes of star javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia and high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu -- both 2016 Rio Paralympics gold winners.
India has won 12 medals in total since it first took part in the 1972 edition and if the projected success materialises, the country could be among the top 25 in the medal tally this time, as against 43rd in 2016 with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
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Live streaming and TV telecast details
Eurosport channel will live telecast the Tokyo Paralympics in India. The Eurosport channel can now be streamed on the discovery+ app. Doordarshan will also broadcast live events featuring Indian athletes.
Here's a look at India daily schedule
August 25
Table Tennis
Individual C3: Sonalben Madhubhai Patel
Individual C4: Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel
August 27
Athletics
Men's Shot Put, F55: Tek Chand
Archery
Men's Recurve Individual Open: Harvinder Singh, Vivek Chikara
Men's Compound Individual Open: Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Swami
Women's Compound Individual Open: Jyoti Baliyan
Powerlifting
Men's 65kg: Jaideep Deswal
Women's 50 kg: Sakina Khatun
Swimming
200 Individual Medley SM7: Suyash Jadhav
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August 28
Athletics
Men's Javelin Thrown F57: Ranjeet Bhati
August 29
Athletics
Men's Discus Throw F52: Vinod Kumar
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
Women's R2 (10m air rifle SH1) Avani Lekhara
Athletics
Men's Discus Throw F59: Yogesh Kathuniya
Men's Javelin Throw F46: Sundar Singh Gurjar, Ajeet Singh, Devendra Jhajharia
Men's Javelin Throw F64: Sumit Antil, Sandeep Choudhary
August 31
Shooting
Men's P1 (10m air pistol SH1): Manish Narwal, Deepender Singh, Singhraj
Women's P2 (10 m air pistol SH1) Rubina Francis
Athletics
Men's High Jump T63: Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati
Women's 100m T13: Simran
Women's Shot Put F34: Bhagyashri Madavrao Jadhav
September 1
Badminton
Men's Singles SL3: Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar
Women's singles SU5: Palak Kohli
Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5: Pramod Bhagat and 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
Men's singles SS6: Krishna Nagar
Women's Singles SL4: Parul Parmar
Women's Doubles SL3-SU5: Parul Parmar and Palak Kohli
Para-canoeing
Women's VL2: Prachi Yadav
Taekwondo
Women's K44-49kg: Aruna Tanwar
Shooting
Mixed P2-25 m pistol SH1: Akash & Rahul Jakhar
Athletics
Men's Shot Put F35: Arvind Malik
September 3
Swimming
50m Butterfly S7: Suyash Jadhav, Niranjan Mukundan
Shooting
Men's R7 (50m rifle 3 positions SH1): Deepak Saini
Women's R8 (50m rifle 3 positions SH1): Avani Lekhara
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Athletics
Men's High Jump T64: Praveen Kumar
Men's Shot Put F57: Soman Rana
Women's Club Throw F51: Ekta Bhyan, Kashish Lakra
September 4
Shooting
Mixed R3 (10m air rifle prone SH1): Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhara
Mixed P4 (50m pistol SH1): Akash Manish Narwak, Singhraj
Athletics
Men's Javelin Throw F41: Navdeep Singh
September 5
Shooting
Mixed R6 (50 m rifle prone SH1): Deepak Saini, Avani Lekhara, Sidhartha Babu
