Flag-bearer

Javelin thrower Tek Chand has been bestowed to become India's flag-bearer at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in Japan because the Rio 2016 Gold Medal winner Thangavelu Mariyappan with 5 others have been quarantined. The event is scheduled to start on August 24 and will end on September 5. For this year at the games, India has sent its biggest-ever contingent of 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines.