The indian Olympics ended in gold from Neeraj Chopra and the country has added a gem in the crown again in Javelin.  The spotlight is now on the 40-year old multi-game champion Devendra Jhajharia, who is expected to take to the high marks in the Paralympics. The double champion of the Athens and Rio Paralypses will lead the charge, with india looking to surpass the Olympics.

Sumit Antil

Mariyappan Thangavelu

T-42 high jump. High jump. Thangavelu won the T-42 high jumping gold at the Rio Paralympics with a clearance of 1.89m (Single above the knee amputations or a disability). After a rather quiet run-up for the Paralympics, Mariyappan will come back to defend his Rio title in Tokyo. Mariyapan's road to tokyo was not only bronze in the world in 2019 but also flawless. A single mother, who once worked as a construction worker, raised Mariyaappan.

Pramod Bhagat

SL3 - Badminton Doubles and single men (lower limb and standing impairment) india has sent a strong seven-member squad with Badminton set to debut at the Paralympics in Tokyo. Pramod Bhagat, world champion for 2019, felt he already had a hand on the yellow metal. Odisha's 33-year-old was infected with polio as a five-year-old on his left leg. At first, he followed his first love, cricket but later found his true calling in badminton, who has now bought more than two dozen international medals.

Suhas Lalinakere

Yathiraj - SL 3. The court officer: noida district Magistrate suhas L Y continued his badminton training despite his jam-packed schedule due to the pandemic. In the men's individual category of para-badminton, Badminton World Federation awarded the 38-year-old World champion in 2017 a biparty quota.

Devendra Jhajharia

F-46 Javelin. At the 2004 Athens Paralympics, Devendra Jhajharia won the gold medal. (Elbow amputation single below or above). Jhaharia has been able to achieve "the shape of his life" with a training scheme tweaked to suit his body that has become primary. At a record-breaking third gold event, the Jaipur-athlete is on the way.

Sandeep Chaudhary

Javelin - F44/64

His first medal at the Paralympics is the 2019 World Champion. At 12 years of age, the 25-year-old from Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district suffered accidents that severely injured his left leg. sandeep returned to the ground and tried his hand at javelin after the coming year in crutches. However, he did not discover his real potential until he went to delhi to train under coach Naval Singh.