Tokyo Paralympics 2020

What is Paralympic:

A periodic series of international multi-sport events, the Paralympics incorporate athletes with disabled abilities, including impaired strength, restricted mobility, short stature, muscular dystrophy, ataxia, athetosis, visual impairment and intellectual disability. The Paralympic Games take place almost immediately following the Olympic Games in both the winter and summer; since the Seoul Summer Olympics in 1988, the games are staged almost immediately after the Olympics. There is an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) that oversees all Paralympic Games.

History of Paralympics:

When the Paralympics started in 1948, it was a small gathering of World War II veterans, but they grew to become one of the largest sports events in the world by the early 21st century and today encompasses a wide range of sports. From 400 athletes with a disability competing from 23 nations in 1960, the Paralympics have grown to thousands of athletes competing from more than 100 nations. Despite their strive for equality, Paralympians face a substantial funding gap compared to Olympics. A Paralympic game takes place simultaneously with an Olympics while IOC-recognized Special Olympics World Games have athletes with intellectual disabilities, while Deaflympics sport athletes with hearing impairments.

There is a wide variety of categories that Para athletes compete in because their disabilities vary. A total of ten impairment types are eligible for disability allowance. Impaired muscle power is one category, impaired passive range of movement is another, limb deficiency is another, leg length difference is another, short stature is another, hypertonia is another, ataxia is another, and vision impairment is another. Further classifications are available for each category, varying from sport to sport.

Name and Symbol for Paralympic:

Despite the fact that the name was originally a portmanteau combining "paraplegic" (because the games were originally intended for people with spinal injuries) and "Olympic", the addition of other disability groups meant this was no longer accurate. In the following explanation for the name, it is explained that it is derived from the Greek preposition παρά, pará (meaning "beside" or "alongside") and so means a competition that occurs alongside the Olympic Games.

In its motto, the Paralympic movement calls for "Spirit in Motion.". The Paralympic flag includes the colours red, blue, and green, which are also the colours found in many national flags. Each colour is designed to form an Agito (which means "I move"/"I shake"/"I stirring" in Latin) which is a symmetrical crescent created specifically for the Paralympic movement. Symbolizing how athletes from all points of the world come together, three Agitos surround a central point. IPC's motto and symbol were changed to their current form in 2003. To communicate the idea that Paralympians possess a competitive spirit, and that IPC is a growing organization striving to achieve its potential, the change was made. The vision of the International Paralympic Committee is "To inspire and excite the world with the excellence of Paralympic athletes" for which the anthem Hymne de l'Avenir has been composed. In March 1996, Thierry Darnis composed the song, which became the national anthem.

Here is the Schedule of Indian Players for Tokyo Paralympics 2020: 

25 August 

Individual C3 - Sonalben Madhubhai Patel

Individual C4 - Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel

Taekwondo\

27 August 

Men's 65kg - Jaideep Deswal

Women's 50kg - Sakina Khatun

Swimming

27 August

200 Individual Medley SM7 - Suyash Jadhav

27 August 

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

Compound Mixed Team Open - Jyoti Baliyan & TBC

28 August 

Men's Javelin Throw F57 - Ranjeet Bhati

29 August 

Men's Discus Throw F52 - Vinod Kumar

Men's High Jump T47 - Nishad Kumar, Ram Pal

30 August 

Men's Discus Throw F56 - Yogesh Kathuniya

Men's Javelin Throw F46 - Sundar Singh Gurjar, Ajeet Singh, Devendra Jhajharia

Men's Javelin Throw F64 - Sumit Antil, Sandeep Choudhary

30 August 

Men's R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 - Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Deepak Saini

Women's R2 – 10 m air rifle SH1 - Avani Lekhara

31 August 

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

31 August 

Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1 - Manish Narwal, Deepender Singh, Singhraj

Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 - Rubina Francis

1 September 

Men's Club Throw F51 - Dharambir Nain, Amit Kumar Saroha

1 September 

Men's Singles SL3 - Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar

Women's Singles SU5 - Palak Kohli

Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 - Pramod Bhagat & Palak Kohli

2 September

Men's Shot Put F35 - Arvind Malik

2 September 

Mixed P3 - 25 m pistol SH1 - Akash & Rahul Jakhar

2 September 

Women's VL2 - Prachi Yadav

Powerlifting

2 September 

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 & Palak Kohli

Para Canoeing

2 September

Women's K44 -49kg - Aruna Tanwar

Shooting

3 September 

Men's High Jump T64 - Praveen Kumar

Men's Javelin Throw F54 - Tek Chand

Men's Shot Put F57 - Soman Rana

Women's Club Throw F51 - Ekta Bhyan, Kashish Lakra

3 September 

Men's R7 - 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 - Deepak Saini

Women's R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 - Avani Lekhara

3 September

50m Butterfly S7 - Suyash Jadhav, Niranjan Mukundan

Table Tennis

4 September 

Men's Javelin Throw F41 - Navdeep Singh

4 September 

Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 - Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu & Avani Lekhara

4 September 

Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 - Akash, Manish Narwal & Singhraj

5 September 

Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1 - Deepak Saini, Avani Lekhara & Sidhartha Babu

Athletics