From Noida DM Suhas LY to Devendra Jhajharia, India's medal hopes at Tokyo Paralympics

Devendra Jhajharia is India's most successful paralympian with two gold medals already to his name in the Javelin throw event. He threw a distance of 65.71m in July 2021 to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. (Source: Twitter)

Para shuttler Suhas L. Yathiraj has been granted the quota in men’s singles SL4 at the Tokyo Paralympics. The Noida DM is 2018 Asian Para Games bronze medallist and 2016 Asian Championships gold medallist in the sport. (Source: Twitter) 

Mariyappan Thangavelu clinched gold at the men's T42 high jump event in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He also went on to bag bronze at the 2019 World Para-Athletics Championships. (Source: Twitter)

Manish Narwal is No. 4 ranked shooter in men's 10m air pistol event in para games. Narwal brought home India's second Para-shooting World Cup gold medal earlier this year in May. (Source: Twitter)

Ekta Bhyan is India's top discus throw para athlete with a 16.02m record throw to her name in women's club throw. Although she took put the sport only 5 years back, Ekta has plenty of national titles to her name. (Source: Twitter)