Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Highlights: Indian Paddler Bhavinaben Patel Assures India Of At Least Bronze
Tokyo Paralympics Highlights: India's Bhavinaben Patel defeated Serbia's Borislava Peric 3-0 to qualify for women's singles table tennis semis
Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel qualified for the semi-finals of women's table tennis event at the Tokyo Paralympics with a straight games win over Borislava Peric of Serbia. She had qualified for the quarterfinals with an easy win over Joyce de Oliviera. Earlier in the day, Indian powerlifter Jaideep Deswal failed to register a single legitimate lift in men's -65kg final at the Tokyo Paralympics while Sakina Khatun finished a creditable fifth in the women's -50kg category on Friday. The 32-year-old Khatun lifted 90kg in her first attempt. She went for 93kg in her second attempt but failed. She managed to lift 93kg in her third try. In men's archery, Rakesh Kumar finished third in compound ranking round while Vivek Chikara secured 10th spot in recurve event.
Highlights Of All The Action From Tokyo Paralympics Today
- 16:13 (IST)Bhavinaben Patel sails into semis!India's Bhavinaben Patel dominated the women's singles table tennis quarterfinal match to sail into the semis at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. She defeated Borislava Peric of Serbia in straight games to register a comfortable 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-7) win .
- 10:26 (IST)Sakina Khatun 5th in powerlifting!India's weightlifter Sakina Khatun is currently in 5th spot after her third attempt of 93kg took her past Spain's Loida Zabala Ollero. Weightlifters from Egypt, China and Great Britain are leading the charts with attempts of 120kg, 120kg, 107kg respectively.
- 10:23 (IST)Hello and Welcome!Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Tokyo Paralympics. India started the day well with paddler Bhavinaben Patel cruising into the quarters of women's single table tennis event with a straight games win over Joyce de Oliviera of Brazil. She will be in action later in the day for her quarterfinal match.