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Tokyo Paralympics: Avani Lekhara leads Indian contingent at closing ceremony

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Tokyo Paralympics: Avani Lekhara leads Indian contingent at closing ceremony
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Nineteen-year-old shooter Avani Lekhara, who won gold and bronze medals at Tokyo Paralympics 2020, led the Indian contingent by carrying the Tricolour during the closing ceremony of the Games on Sunday.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020 took place between August 24 and September 5 and it featured 539 medal events across 22 sports. A total of 54 para-athletes from India across nine sports disciplines were featured in the Games. Tokyo Paralympics: Bhavina Patel opens India's medal count with historic table tennis silver - Sports News The closing ceremony saw a total of 11 members of the Indian contingent in attendance. The concepts underlying the ceremony were "Harmonious Cacophony" and "Moving Forward". The idea was to convey that Tokyo is "A City Where Differences Shine". Also read | Rohit Sharma breaks Dravid’s record, registers most hundreds by Indian batsman in England The closing ceremony began with the story of a young boy, who after witnessing the Paralympic Games began to feel the Paralympics effect. After the performances came to an end, fireworks went off and Japan National Stadium lit up. On September 3, Avani had clinched bronze in women's 50m air rifle 3 positions SH1 event. This was Avani's second medal in the Paralympics as she had won gold earlier this week. Celebrities hail Sumit Antil's record-breaking performance at Tokyo Paralympics | Entertainment News,The Indian Express The 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 nine sporting disciplines at the Games. Badminton and Taekwondo made their debut in Tokyo, both of which were represented by India. Also read | Tokyo Paralympics: Noida DM Suhas Yathiraj scrips history, clinches silver in badminton 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. Gold medalists 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 badminton, Sumit Antil in men's javelin throw F64, and Manish Narwal in mixed 50m pistol SH1. publive-imageSilver medalists Bhavinaben Patel in women's singles Class 4 table tennis, Singhraj Adhana in mixed 50m Pistol SH1, Yogesh Kathuniya in men's discus F56, Nishad Kumar in men's high jump T47, Mariyappan Thangavelu in men's high jump T63, Praveen Kumar in men's high jump T64, Devendra Jhajharia in men's javelin F46, and, Suhas Yathiraj in men's singles badminton SL4. Bronze medalists Avani Lekhara in women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1, Harvinder Singh in men's individual recurve archery, Sharad Kumar in men's high jump T63, Sundar Singh Gurjar in men's javelin throw F46, Manoj Sarkar in men's singles badminton SL3, and Singhraj Adhana in men's 10m air pistol SH1. Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India's first ever archery medal at Paralympics - Telegraph India Records made Sumit Antil --- World Record in F64 men's javelin (gold), Avani Lekhara --- equalled the World Record and made a Paralympic record in R2 women's 10m air standing SH1 (gold), Manish Narwal --- Paralympic record in P4 mixed 50m pistol SH1 (gold), Nishad Kumar --- Asian record in men's high jump T47 (silver), and Praveen Kumar - Asian record in men's high jump T64 (silver). -PTC News with inputs from ANI
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