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The U20 world athletics championship is underway from today at Nairobi. The 2016 and 2018 editions of this meet saw the emergence of a certain neeraj Chopra and hima das.
Our mixed relay team has already made it to the finals with a record time of 3:23 (for reference, our senior mixed relay team clocked 3:19 at Tokyo)

The final is tonight at 8:15 and can be watched live on the World Athletics channel on YouTube

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Renault India has presented the Kiger to the silver medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu.



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Boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who bagged a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has been gifted a Renault Kiger.



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Renault has gifted the Kiger to India's Olympic medalist wrestlers - Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia. Dahiya bagged a silver medal in the 57kg weight category while Punia grabbed a bronze medal in the 65 kg weight category.







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First medal for India in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics!!

Paddler Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel wins SILVER

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Two more medals for India at Paralympics!
Nishad Kumar won SILVER in Men's high jump equalling his own Asian record.

Vinod Kumar won BRONZE in the men's discus throw event. However, the result has been challenged by the fellow competitors. It is currently under review.

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Medal Alert!!

Shooter Avani Lekhara wins GOLD in R2 10m Air Rifle equalling the event world record.

Yogesh Kathuniya bags SILVER in the Men's Discus throw F56 event.

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Two more medals!!
Devendra Jhajharia and Sundar Singh Gurjar took India's tally to six confirmed medals, with one bronze medal on hold, by winning silver and bronze respectively in men's javelin throw.

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Its turning out to be a memorable Monday for the Indians. 2 more medals for India!

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Second GOLD for India!

Sumit Antil wins GOLD in Men's Javelin Throw F64 event with a world record throw of 68.55m. In fact he broke the World Record thrice in his 5 attempts. What an amazing effort from him!!!

Meanwhile, Discus thrower loses Bronze after the official review declared him ineligible for the classification .

[pnredkar]

What happened to Vinod Kumar bronze?

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Originally Posted by pnredkar

What happened to Vinod Kumar bronze?

The short answer would be that objections were raised about the classification, which is the specific category a para-athlete is assessed at, aimed at making it an even competition, and he was found to not match that classification so was disqualified.

It's of course a bit more complicated than that.

The whole aim of classification is to ensure that those competing against each other are evenly matched. The system is in place (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-a...classification) but the classification is best handled by qualified assessors often with medical professional inputs.

But think about it, it's a heartbreaking scenario in many ways- how do you as a dispassionate assessor, decide that a certain athlete is to be in a certain category because of a certain level of being differently-abled. It's not a one-to-one mapping or a list of tables that one can refer to. And how heartbreaking is it to lose out on a fair classification not because you are misrepresenting yourself but because you are just able to overcome your different-abilities with a higher level of performance. I know that there have been cases of para-athletes misrepresenting themselves so that they can fall in to a category where their abilities give them an advantage over the rest of the field. So I imagine the reverse happens too, where a para-athlete is unfairly moved out of a classification because of perceived performance even though they can fairly compete in that classification.

The best safeguard against this happening at such a late stage would be for the athlete to have been classified accurately early, much before the competition by the national sporting body. Like a boxer will know which weight division they are going to compete in much before. How and why that didn't happen in this case are certainly the questions that will be asked now.

https://indianexpress.com/article/ex...medal-7479523/

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India's impressive showing at the Tokyo Paralympics continues. Medal tally has risen to 10 after the Indian athletes secured 3 more medals yesterday.

Indian duo of Mariyappan Thangavelu and Shard Kumar dominated the podium winning SILVER and BRONZE respectively in men’s high jump final event.

Singhraj Adhana bagged BRONZE medal in P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event.

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Another SILVER for India!

Praveen Kumar wins SILVER medal in men's T64 high jump event with a new Asian record of 2.07m.

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India won two more medals earlier in the day taking the tally to 13.

Shooter Avani Lekhara clinched BRONZE in the 50m air rifle 3-Positions SH1 event. This her second medal at the games. She is now the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals. Marvellous feat!

Harvinder Singh bagged a BRONZE to become the first Indian to win a medal in Paralympics archery.