India at Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Indian paddlers to begin Tokyo challenge on Aug 25, Jhajharia on Aug 30 and Thangavelu on Aug 31; Check Full Schedule –India’s Tokyo Paralympics challenge will begin on August 25 with Sonalben Madhubhai Patel and Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel opening their campaigns in table tennis. India’s two medal contenders and defending champions Devendra Jhajharia and Devendra Jhajharia and Mariyappan Thangavelu will begin their javelin throw and high jump on August 30 and August respectively.
India has sent its biggest 54-member contingent for the Tokyo Paralympics 2021. After returning with four medals from Rio Paralympics including two gold medals, there will be a lot of hope on the contingent to better the tally especially after athletes returned with a historic seven medals from the Tokyo Olympics. It included a first-ever gold medal in athletics with Neeraj Chopra bagging gold in the javelin throw.
India at Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Where do I watch Tokyo Paralympics live telecast?
Prasar Bharati’s Doordarshan will only live telecast the Indian events at the Tokyo Paralympics. Other than that, you can watch the live telecast on Eurosport live. You can also catch the live commentary, results, and latest updates on InsideSport.co
India at Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Where and When do I watch Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Opening Ceremony Live?
Paralympic Opening Ceremony (Live)
When: 4:30 PM, 7 a.m. ET
Where: Eurosport
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What Time Paralympics opening ceremony 2021 Will begin? Time
Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony 2021 will begin at 7 a.m. ET or 4:30 pm Indian Standard Time on August 24.
What are the venues for Paralympics 2021? – Venue
Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony 2021 will be at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
India at Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Full List of Indian contingent, Date & Athletes
| Date | Event | Category | Athletes |
| August 25 | Table Tennis | Individual C3 | Sonalben Madhubhai Patel |
| Individual C4 | Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel | ||
| August 27 | 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 | ||
| Compound Mixed Team Open | Jyoti Baliyan and Rakesh Kumar/ Shyam Sundar Swami | ||
| Powerlifting | Men’s 65kg | Jaideep Deswal | |
| Powerlifting | Women’s 50kg | Sakina Khatun | |
| Swimming | 200m Individual Medley SM7 | Suyash Jadhav | |
| August 28 | Athletics | Men’s Javelin Throw 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 – 10 m air rifle SH1 | Avani Lekhara | ||
| Athletics | 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 | ||
| August 31 | Shooting | Men’s P1 – 10 m 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 & 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 P3 – 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 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 | Deepak Saini | |
| Women’s R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 | Avani Lekhara | ||
| Athletics | 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 | ||
| September 4 | Shooting | Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu & Avani Lekhara |
| 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 |
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