Javelin thrower Tek Chand carried the tri-color as India made its design for the duration of the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Tuesday right here at the Japan National Stadium.
Tek Chand was once India’s flag-bearer at the Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony after Thangavelu Mariyappan was once quarantined following shut contact with a COVID-19 obvious particular person on their flight to Tokyo.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Video games will happen between August 24 and September 5 and must easy perform 539 medal events across 22 sports activities. A total of 54 para-athletes from India across 9 sports activities disciplines would possibly be featuring within the Paralympic Video games. Right here is India’s greatest ever contingent to the Video games.
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Earlier, Mariyappan, a Rio 2016 Gold medal winner, was once the flag bearer for India. On the numerous hand, he and five others of the Indian contingent were quarantined unless further learn about, as somebody shut to their seats on the flight to Tokyo tested obvious for COVID-19.
In total 4,403 athletes (2,550 male/1,853 female) will compete across 22 sports activities and 23 disciplines (biking has two disciplines, track and street). With 4,328 athletes, Rio 2016 held the earlier file for primarily the most athletes, this kind Tokyo now has the file for numerous athletes at a Video games.
Tokyo 2020 additionally exceeded Rio 2016 by the selection of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) taking share within the Paralympic Video games. A total of 162 delegations, alongside side the Refugee Paralympic Crew and five nations, are making their Video games debut and must easy compete across 22 sports activities. There are 21 nations unable to compete due to the several reasons.
Tokyo 2020 beats Rio 2016 by three delegations (159), a out of the ordinary achievement given the challenges of the closing 18 months. London 2012 easy has the title of most NPCs, with 164 taking share.
5 NPCs – Bhutan, Grenada, Maldives, Paraguay and St Vincent and the Grenadines – will compete for the first time in a Paralympic Video games at Tokyo 2020 and all are beneficiaries of the IPC’s NPC Pattern Programme.
