In a historic moment for india, mariyappan thangavelu won the gold medal while compatriot varun singh bhati.

Rio paralympics 2016 india position. Indonesia at the rio 2016 paralympics. Rio paralympics 2016 are underway later today for one last day and we can tell you that the 19 athletes who have formed the indian contingent at these games are among the. But both indians made a strong comeback by equalling the height to share the pole.

India did not participate in the 1976 and 1980 editions but apart from that they have been a part of every. India wins historic gold and bronze in high jump in a historic moment for india, mariyappan thangavelu won the gold medal while. Rio paralympics 2016 latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times.

India competed at the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro, brazil, from 5 to 21 august 2016. India wins historic gold and bronze in high jump. These paralympics athletes will represent india in high jump at rio paralympics 2016.

Mariyappan thangavelu has won gold medal in long jump event at rio olympics. Rio paralympics 2016 blogs, comments and archive news on. He belongs to tamil nadu.

·the npc has been most successful in athletics, claiming one gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Jhajharia (middle) is now the only indian to win two golds in an individual event at the olympics or paralympics. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the summer olympics since 1920, although.

·indonesia has claimed 18 medals at the paralympic summer games: The state govt has decided to give him rs 20 million. The 2016 olympic games at rio was a watershed one for india as for the first time in olympic history, their medal haul was enriched only by its female athletes with pv sindhu.