Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India shines bright 

By
Harshita Sehgal
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Indian players shine at Tokyo Paralympics 2020, check out the list of winners below: 

For every Indian, this Monday is a day to remember. As it is raining medals for India in Tokyo on Monday morning, four Indian athletes won medals in a space of hours at the Tokyo Paralympics stretching the country’s tally to seven medals.

Starting from the weekend, first, it was Bhavina Patel’s silver in table tennis and then Nishad Kumar picked up a historic silver in High Jump. And finally, at the end of the day, Vinod Kumar won a bronze medal. 

Avani Lekhara created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win gold at Paralympic Games before javelin throwers Devendra Jhajharia won silver and Sundar Singh Gurjar won bronze.

In the men’s discus throw, Yogesh Kathuniya won silver.

Here is the list of all the winners: 

Avani Lekhara – Gold – Shooting

Yogesh Kathuniya – Silver – Athletics

Devendra Jhajharia – Silver – Athletics

Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel – Silver – Table Tennis

Nishad Kumar- Silver – Athletics

Vinod Kumar – Bronze – Athletics

Sundar Singh Gurjar – Bronze – Athletics

The wonderful results banished India’s Monday Morning Blues and people from all around the country congratulated the winners: