Paralympics 2021: Full list of Indians in action, schedule & timings (IST)

The Paralympic Games are right around the corner. After the massive success of the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics, cameras have now shifted to the Para-athletes who will look to put their best foot forward at the Summer games.

Indian para-athletes have taken part in every Paralympic Games since the 1984 edition. With the nation's largest-ever contingent of 54 members set to represent India, the country will certainly count on these heroes to bring back a few glittering medals. India's previous best performance at the Paralympic Games was at the Rio Games in 2016, where the country bagged two gold, one silver and one bronze.

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List of Indians in action, schedule and timings (IST)

This year, India will participate in 9 different disciplines - Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Shooting, Table Tennis, Para canoeing, Swimming, Powerlifting and Taekwondo. 2016 Rio gold medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu will carry the Indian flag at the Paralympic Games.

Here's a comprehensive list of all Indian athletes who can be seen in action along with their schedule and timings in IST:

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#1 Archery

27th 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

#2 Badminton

1st September

Men's Singles SL3 - Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar

Women's Singles SU5 - Palak Kohli

Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 - Pramod Bhagat & Palak Kohli

2nd 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

#3 Para Canoeing

2 September

Women's VL2 - Prachi Yadav

#4 Powerlifting

27 August

Men's 65kg - Jaideep Deswal

Women's 50kg - Sakina Khatun

#5 Swimming

27 August

200 Individual Medley SM7 - Suyash Jadhav

3 September

50m Butterfly S7 - Suyash Jadhav, Niranjan Mukundan

#6 Table Tennis

25 August

Individual C3 - Sonalben Madhubhai Patel

Individual C4 - Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel

#7 Taekwondo

2 September

Women's K44 -49kg - Aruna Tanwar

#8 Shooting

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

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

4 September

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

2 September

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

3 September

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

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

#9 Athletics

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

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

1 September

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

2 September

Men's Shot Put F35 - Arvind Malik

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

4 September

Men's Javelin Throw F41 - Navdeep Singh

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Notably, Badminton and Taekwondo would make their Paralympics debut at Tokyo. Team India has 7 athletes partaking in the Badminton events, and one in Taekwono. Given the size and the talent of the contingent this year, multiple medals can be expected from the nation's differently-abled heroes.

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