The Tokyo Paralympics will feature 539 events across 22 different disciplines to be hosted at 21 venues. Its worth mentioning that Paralympics is an international sports competition for differently-abled athletes and it is split into two- Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics like the Olympic games. The two events alternately occur every two years.
The athletes in Paralympics compete in six different groups which are- amputee, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal cord injuries, intellectual disability, and les autres. The games started from 24th August and will conclude on 5th September, 2021.
Here is the schedule for the day-
Badminton action will kickstart from today and unlike PV Sindhu or Saina Nehwal, not much is known about the Indian para shuttlers but the likes of Pramod Bhagat will be up there with a chance of medal.
Men’s Singles SL3 – Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar
Women’s Singles SU5 – Palak Kohli
Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 – Pramod Bhagat & Palak Kohli
Men’s Club Throw F51 – Dharambir Nain, Amit Kumar Saroha
Live streaming and TV channel list
Doordarshan will broadcast TOKYO Paralympics LIVE, Prasar Bharati’s Doordarshan will Broadcast & LIVE Stream the Tokyo Paralympics LIVE, Doordarshan will only live telecast the Indian events at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Eurosport India has also got the broadcast rights for the games. The channel will start the broadcast of the telecast from 27th August with the start of archery event. Eurosport India is available on all the cable and DTH network across, if you are not having the channel, you can contact your operator and subscribe the channel as per your preferences.
