Sakina Khatun

India's powerlifters Jaideep Kumar and sakina khatun along with coach JP Singh left for the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Friday. Jaideep Kumar will take part in the Men's 65 kg category while sakina khatun will be competing in the women's 50 kg category.

Sakina, whose entry for the CWG wasn’t originally sent by the Paralympics Committee of India (PCI), will compete in the lightweight category (up to 61g). TOI was the first to publish about Sakina’s case in its edition dated January 10, 2018.

sakina khatun is worried about her immediate future. Anxiety has clouded her dreams of bringing a medal home from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, for which the 30-year-old para powerlifter has qualified in the up to 41kg weight category.

sakina khatun is continuing to work out at her home gym even as she waits for a chance to return to her normal training routine at the Sports Authority of India's South Centre here.

The Commonwealth Games Federation on Saturday said that it will explore the possibility of a late call-up for Indian para-powerlifter sakina khatun after the Indian Olympic Association made a request to include her in the country's team for the Gold Coast CWG.

The Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) has finally written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) asking it to request the Gold Coast Organising Committee (OC) to accept the entry of para powerlifter sakina khatun, along with that of another male para powerlifter, Jaideep, for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in Australia from April 4 to 15.

The Indian Olympic Association and its Paralympic counterpart are making a last-ditch attempt to ensure para-powerlifter sakina khatun participates in the upcoming Commonwealth Games after she threatened to commit suicide if not selected.

India's sakina khatun made country proud by winning a silver in the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Dubai in the upto 45kg category with a lift of 80kg.

Para-powerlifter sakina khatun is all set to take part in the upcoming CWG in Gold Coast after the Commonwealth Games Federation granted a conditional slot to her in view of the "exceptional circumstances" she had faced.

sakina khatun and Parmjeet Kumar, Indian powerlifters, finished seventh and eighth respectively at the Paris Paralympics. In the women's 45kg event, Sakina's best lift was 86kg, while Parmjeet achieved a best of 150kg in the men's 49kg category. Both athletes managed only one successful lift each.

Rain and storm lashed many parts of Assam on Rongali Bihu killing eight people and rendering hundreds homeless.In upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district, four people died when bamboo trees uprooted during the storm on Friday fell on them in the Tingkhong area.

Indian powerlifter sakina khatun finished a creditable fifth in the women's 50kg category at the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday.

A couple and their daughter were booked on Friday for allegedly assaulting a nurse who works at SevenHills Hospital, with a cricket bat.The accused filed a cross complaint.The two parties are neighbours.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games-bound Indian contingent received a major boost on Tuesday when the World Para Powerlifting conferred two bipartite quotas to the country, said a release by Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on Wednesday. India had sent one powerlifter-Farman Basha-to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and its Paralympic counterpart are making a last-ditch attempt to ensure para-powerlifter sakina khatun participates in the upcoming Commonwealth Games after she threatened to commit suicide if not selected.

The IOA blamed the Paralympic Committee of India for para-powerlifter sakina khatun's exclusion from the country's team for Gold Coast CWG even as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has said that it will explore the possibility of her late inclusion.

Taking India's overall medal tally to 21, and delivering the first medal from the country's para-athletic contingent at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, was para-powerlifter Sachin Chaudhary who claimed bronze in the men's heavyweight final at the Carrara Sports Arena 1.

Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) had sent names of 15 para powerlifters for a tournament in Japan last month but only 4 went. The International Paralympic Committee raised a hefty bill for 15 members which is outstanding. Now the PCI has asked these athletes to first pay up earlier dues in order to get their names sent for the upcoming Bogota championships in Dec.

Deepa Malik, the President of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on Friday said that paddler Bhavina Patel has worked really hard and she deserves all the recognition that is coming along her way. Bhavinaben Patel created history on Friday by becoming the first Indian to enter the semi-finals of the Paralympic Games Table Tennis competition and assured India a medal.

Powerlifters Jaideep Kumar and sakina khatun on Wednesday qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics after the sport's world governing body handed bipartite quotas to the country. World Para Powerlifting conferred a bipartite quota each to Kumar (men's 65 kg) and Khatun (women's 50kg), Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) said.

Powerlifters Ashok and Sudhir booked their tickets for the Hangzhou Asian Para Games as India finished with a rich haul of 22 medals, including six gold, at the Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

India's Jaideep Kumar finished without a score in the men's 65kg powerlifting final in the ongoing Paralympic Games here at Tokyo International Forum on Friday.

Formidable Punjab lived up to their form and reputation to emerge overall champions with highest 32 points in the 17th Senior and 12th Junior National Para Powerlifting Championship, organized under the auspices of Paralympic Committee of India, at the Nagpur University Subhedar Hall on Sunday.

Only six officials from the Indian contingent are allowed to take part in the opening ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday, chef de mission Gursharan Singh said on Sunday. There is no cap on the number of athletes for the opening ceremony but only seven Indian participants have reached Tokyo so far.

The Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) has ignored Sakina - the only woman para-athlete in India’s history to win a medal at the CWG (bronze in lightweight category in Glasgow) till date - while picking the contingent for the CWG

High-jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu was on Tuesday replaced by shot-putter Tek Chand as India's flag-bearer for the Paralympics opening ceremony here this evening after coming in close contact of a COVID positive person during his flight to Tokyo.

As many as 54 athletes from India will be competing in 9 sports disciplines including Archery, Athletics (Track and Field), Badminton, Swimming, Weightlifting among others. This is the biggest-ever contingent India has sent to any Paralympics. All 54 athletes are part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) scheme, as per the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Caught in the crosshairs of the PCI and the IOA, para powerlifter sakina khatun has now knocked at the doors of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get her name included in the country's contingent for the forthcoming Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April.

It was October 12, 2018. Sudhir had just won a bronze at the para Asian Games in Jakarta and the first person he shared the happy news with was his father Rajbir Singh, a retired CISF official, who was elated at his eldest son's achievement. Rajbir promised a grand felicitation function for the para powerlifter upon his arrival from Jakarta.