India’s water sports athletes confident of best showing at Paralympic Games
- Aug 23, 2021,
- Updated Aug 23, 2021, 11:56 PM IST
NEW DELHI: India's three-member water sports delegation, which includes two male swimmers and a female canoe sprint athlete is confident that they will deliver their best performances at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
He has received assistance from the Government of India in terms of Foreign Exposure, where he has participated in more than five International Competitions as well as National Coaching Camps with sports science support and sports equipment.
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While Suyash’s 200m Individual Medley SM7 event is scheduled for August 27, he will be in action again along with Niranjan Mukundan in the Men’s 50m Butterfly S7 events on September 3.
Murlikant Petkar, for the record, became the first Indian athlete to win a Paralympic medal when he won gold in the 50m Freestyle in Heidelberg, Germany.
Meanwhile, Prachi Yadav, 26, became the first Indian woman to be accepted into the Paralympic Games Canoeing competition.
She will take part in the Women’s VL2 200m Heats on September 2, with the semis and final scheduled the next day.
In May 2019, she made her international debut at the ICF Para Canoe World Cup in Poznan, Poland, finishing eighth after advancing past the first round and semifinal runs. She later advanced to the semifinals of the ICF Para Canoe World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, in August 2019.
Prachi, who is physically challenged below her waist and trains with Mayank Singh Thakur at Lowe Lake in Bhopal, has also received key interventions from the Government of India in terms of participation in international competitions and national coaching camps, as well as sports science support and equipment.