Indian Athletes

Vinod Kumar, discus-thrower, and Tek Chand, javelin-thrower are two of five Indian athletes who will witness the Tokyo Paralympics opening-ceremony. About 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will be present and this is India's largest-ever Paralympic participation. The event will commence on August 24 and will continue till September 5. Rio 2016 Gold Medalist, Thangavelu Mariyappan will delegate the event.

India's fencing athlete at the Olympic's, Bhavani Devi lost to the world’s number three in her second match. Thus she took to Twitter to apologize to the nation and people saying, "I did my level best, but I couldn't win." In response to her post, PM Narendra Modi tweeted, “You gave your best and that is all that counts. Wins and losses are a part of life.”

The Indian Olympic Association seized jurisdiction over the country's Tokyo Games-bound athletes' digital, video, and picture rights on June 22. Explaining it, IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta said that the Olympic-qualified athletes are bound to wear only the kits provided by IOA; Otherwise stringent action will be taken. According to the IOA, they found the athletes having sponsorship contracts with other companies. However, no such names… read-more