Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Tokyo Paralympics - Day 4, 28th August - Ranjit Bhati aiming for Javelin medal - LIVE updates, Scores, Results, Blog, Medal
Having created history by assuring India of a medal at the Paralympics, Bhavina Patel will eye the finals and a chance to better the colour of the bronze.
Bhavinaben Patel confirms the first medal for India at the Tokyo Paralympics (Source: ITTF/Cheng Howe Seet)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge on Day 4 of the Tokyo Paralympics!
The joy is overflowing in the Indian camp already as para table tennis star Bhavina Patel will get ready to contest her semi-final in the Women's Wheelchair Class 4 event against 2016 Rio Paralympics silver medallist, China's Miao Zhang.
Patel, staved off the reigning Paralympic champion, Serbia's Peric Borislava in straight games to assure herself a medal at the Paralympics - the very first one for the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Games.
The former World No. 2 will look to continue her dream run as she takes on her third-seeded Chinese opponent and get closer to the finals and bettering the colour of her medal to a silver or a gold.
Following Bhavina's match, we will have the two men's compound archers – Shyam Sundar Swami and Rakesh Kumar in the men's 1/16 elimination round.
The final man in action for India would be javelin thrower Ranjeet Bhati in Men's F57. Though he is not expected to be amongst the medals, the 24-year-old would be eager to prove himself at the biggest of all stages.
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Live Updates
- 28 Aug 2021 10:09 AM GMT
Ranjeet Bhati is up!
The Indian thrower is 2nd in the list and will begin his event shortly
- 28 Aug 2021 10:03 AM GMT
Javelin Rules
Similar to Shot Put, each competitor throws all 6 throws consecutively. They are seated in the same position throughout the period that they throw the javelin.
- 28 Aug 2021 9:37 AM GMT
India has 8 javelin throwers competing.
Read up here about F-57 Javelin thrower, Ranjeet Bhati.
- 28 Aug 2021 1:35 AM GMT
Bhavina Patel undoes the winning streak of Miao Zhang!
Ending Zhang's 11 match winning streak against her, Bhavina secures the most important victory and gets herself on the head-to-head board!
- 28 Aug 2021 1:33 AM GMT
Read on to re-live the historic semi-final!
Bhavina packs in a lot of intelligent magic in her game as she wins the semi-final with calm confidence! Read the full match report here.
