Rio 2016 Paralympics Games
Dear Friends,
As you all know that Rio 2016 Paralympic Games 2016 (7-18 September) is over now and this time we have witnessed some of the world record breaking performances by the athletes. The 2020 Summer Paralympics, the 16th edition of the international multi-sports event, will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 August to 6 September 2020
The Paralympic Games is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
| Host city | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|---|---|
| Motto | A new world |
| Nations participating | 159 |
| Athletes participating | 4,342 |
| Events | 528 in 22 sports |
| Opening ceremony | 7 September |
| Closing ceremony | 18 September |
| Officially opened by | President Michel Temer |
| Athlete’s Oath | Phelipe Rodrigues |
| Judge’s Oath | Raquel Daffre |
| Paralympic torch | Clodoaldo Silva |
| Paralympic stadium | Marcana Stadium |
Record Performances at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games :
- A standout record was broken in the women’s powerlifting -61 kg category .This was first broken by Egypt’s Fatma Omar with a 140 kg lift and then bettered by Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike with an outstanding 142 kg lift. Lucy, who has polio and uses a wheelchair has competed the fifth medal in five Paralympic Games.
- 17-year-old swimmer Fotimakhon Amilova from Uzbekistan achieved an astonishing time of 1 min 12.45 sec, knocked more than three seconds off the female SB13 100 m breaststroke record.
- Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos from Brazil won gold in a time of 10.57 seconds, breaking the previous record of 10.72 sec in Fastest 100 m
- Algeria’s Abdellatif Baka won the men’s 1500m T13 sprint event in a world record-breaking time of three minutes and 48.29 seconds.
- Team GB’s Steve Bate smashed the record with a blinding time of 4 mins 8.146 sec., in a nail-biting ride piloted by Adam Duggleby. The pair won a gold medal in the track cycling event.
- China’s Benying Liu , 20-year-old athlete take gold and set a new world records in 200 m freestyle race of swimming
INDIAN ATHLETES JOURNEY :
India ranked 43rd in Rio 2016 Paralympic Games 2016 with a tally of 4 medals
- Mariyappan Thangavelu had won gold in the Men’s High Jump T42 category with fellow Indian Varun Bhati taking bronze at the same event
- Devendra Jhajharia won gold and set a new world record in javelin throw F46 event in the Rio 2016 Paralympics
- Deepa Malik bagged a silver medal in the women’s shotput F53 event, with a personal best throw of 4.61 metres
