Tokyo Paralympics: Day 3 of action will see India’s first medal event at the Tokyo Paralympics when Sakina Khatun participates in the women’s 50kg powerlifting final. After today’s victory in the table tennis Women’s Class 4 event, Bhavina Patel will feature in the Round of 16 contest against Brazil’s De Oliveira.
Flag-bearer Tek Chand will participate in Men’s Shot Put – F55 Final as he kicks start the Para-athletics event for India tomorrow. Jaideep will also participate in the Powerlifting final in Men’s 65kg event. Friday’s event will also feature Suyash Jadhav in swimming and archers will also be participating in Compound and Recurve ranking rounds.
The full schedule tomorrow:
| India at Tokyo Paralympics | |||||
| Schedule – August 27 | |||||
| Sl No | Sport | Event | Athletes in action | Opponent | Time (IST) |
| 1 | Archery | Women’s Individual Compound Open – Ranking Round | Jyoti Balyan | 5.30 AM | |
| 2 | Swimming | Men’s 200m IM – SM7 Heat 2 | Suyash Jadhav | 6.38 AM | |
| 3 | Table Tennis | Women’s Singles – Class 4 Round of 16 | Bhavina Patel | De Oliveira J (Brazil) | 7.30 AM |
| 4 | Powerlifting | Women’s 50kg Final | Sakina Khatun | 9.30 AM | |
| 5 | Archery | Men’s Individual Compound Open Ranking Round | Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar | 10.30 AM | |
| 6 | Archery | Men’s Individual Recurve Open Ranking Round | Harvinder Singh & Vivek Chikara | 10.30 AM | |
| 7 | Powerlifting | Men’s 65kg Final | Jaideep | 3.00 PM | |
| 8 | Athletics | Men’s Shot Put – F55 Final | Tek Chand | 3.30 PM | |
| 9 | Table Tennis | Women’s Singles – Class 4 QF – Subject to qualification | Bhavina Patel | 3.50 PM | |
