The glittering pinnacle of Tokyo Games

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Updated: December 26, 2021 at 2:12 p.m. IS

New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): The Tokyo 2020 Olympics had created a dramatic overture to the 2021 extension after being postponed last year. Fans were barely able to curb their enthusiasm, and with the eventual opening of the biggest global event, the Indian athletes offered a spectacular victory that conquered the heart of the country.
This year, the Games were held with restrictions imposed by COVID-19 from July 23 to August 8, and all sports were played behind closed doors. About 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries competed in the Olympics, while Japan proved the excellence of the sport in 33 sports.
New sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics included karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. Baseball / softball reappeared after the previous two absences from the Olympics.
At the same time, there were 22 sports at the Tokyo Paralympics, held from August 24 to September 5. Badminton and taekwondo were recently included in the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
In both the Olympics and the Paralympics, India experienced its record medal as the country’s athletes performed their best ever in Japan.
At the Olympics, India recorded the best harvest of all time with seven medals (one gold, two silver and four bronze). The highlight of the Games for India was definitely the fact that spear thrower Neeraj Chopra grabbed a gold medal for the country. Flamboyant Chopra secured the podium with a throw of 87.58 meters. With this, he became the first Indian Olympian to win the yellow metal of athletics, and only the second personal gold medalist after Abhinav Bindra.
Another highlight of the country was the Indian men’s team, which won a bronze medal and ended a 41-year medal drought. Manpreet Singh and Co. finished second in Pool A by winning four of the five group stage matches and winning 3-1 in the UK semi-finals before losing to Belgium 5-2 in the historic semi-finals. However, the Indians made a significant comeback to grab a 5-4 victory over Germany and achieve a historic bronze medal at the Olympics.
Meanwhile, India’s Eves, who faced three losses in the playoffs, undoubtedly continued their biggest shock when they won the world’s third-placed Australian team in the first quarter-finals of the Olympics. Rampal Rani and Co lost both the semi-finals and the bronze medal playoff against Argentina and the UK. Thus, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics fourth.
At the golf event, Aditi Ashok also narrowly missed not only the Olympic medal after receiving a great 4th place in the women’s personal batting game. On the final day, the 23-year-old competed in five birdies and finished fourth in the famous under 201 series ahead of Australian Hannah Green and Danish Pedersen, who finished fifth. The Indian finished the last day at the 68 (-3) Kasumigaseki Country Club.

Shuttler PV Sindhu also made history when he became the second Indian athlete to win two personal Olympic medals. He defeated Bing Jiao in a 21-13, 21-15 bronze match that lasted 52 minutes. Sindhu had previously returned with a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Other Indian medalists included wrestler Bajrang Punia (bronze), weightlifter Mirabai Chanu (silver), boxer Lovlina Borgohain (bronze) and wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya (silver).
After the Olympics, the Tokyo Paralympics gave Indian fans a big stir. A demonstration of passion, will and fearless effort by Indian athletes was on display as the country shone brightly and won a total of 19 medals, including five golds, eight silver medals and six bronze medals, marking its best-ever performance. The Paralympics.
India sent its largest group of 54 athletes of all time in as many as 9 sports to the Games. Badminton and taekwondo made their debut in Tokyo, both represented by India.
Since India first appeared in the 1968 Paralympics, India had won a total of 12 medals until the 2016 Rio version. The country has now massively improved the overall figure by 7 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics alone.
Out of a total of 162 countries, India ranks 24th in the overall medal table, while the 19 medals it achieves rank 20th in terms of the number of medals.
The gold medalists of the Tokyo Paralympic Indian forces were: Avani Lekhara in the women’s 10 meter air rifle standing SH1, Pramod Bhagat in the men’s singles SL3 badminton, Krishna Nagar in the men’s singles SH6 badminton, Sumit Antil in the men’s javelin throw
The silver medalists were: Bhavinaben Patel in women’s singles class 4 table tennis, Singhraj Adhana in the 50m mixed pistol SH1, Yogesh Kathuniya in men’s discus F56, Nishad Kumar in men’s high jump T47, Mariyappan Thangavelu in men’s high jump T6mar, men Jump on T64, Devendra Jhajharia on men’s spear in F46 and Suhas Yathiraj on men’s badminton in SL4.
The bronze medalists were: Avani Lekhara in the women’s 50-meter rifle 3 position SH1, Harvinder Singh men’s personal archery, Sharad Kumar in men’s high jump T63, Sundar Singh Gurjar in men’s javelin throw F46, Manoj Sarkar in men’s javelin throw, Adminta SL3 and Adminta SL3 men’s 10 meter air pistol SH1.
The records set by the Indian medalists are as follows: Sumit Antil – World record in F64 men’s javelin throw (gold), Avani Lekhara – reached the world record and set a paralympic record in women’s R2 10m air SH1 (gold), Manish Narwal – Paralympic record in P4 , Nishad Kumar – Asian record in men ‘s high jump T47 (silver) and Praveen Kumar – Asian record in men’ s high jump T64 (silver). (LETTER I)