Mumbai : The Paralympic Committee of India on Wednesday awarded broadcasting rights of the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games, to be held between August 24 and September 5, to Eurosport India.
With a focus on local heroes, Eurosport India’s coverage of the 2020 Paralympic Games will start on August 27 to coincide with the men’s and women’s archery events at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field.
The Eurosport feed will also be LIVE on the discovery+ app for the fans to stay up to speed with all the action from Tokyo.
India will be fielding its largest ever contingent this year with 54 Paralympic athletes participating across nine sporting disciplines.
Mariyappan Thangavelu gold medallist men’s high jump T-42 category in 2016 Rio Paralympic Games will be the flag bearer for the Indian team.
Gursharan Singh, Secretary-General, Paralympic Committee of India said,” At the brink of a historic national sporting movement, our Indian Para Sportsmen are inspired and excited to win glory and pride for Country at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Such honouring moments must and would be shared and celebrated. Indians masses across the globe should be able to bask in the triumphant performance of our Paralympic Stars. Eurosport will be our official media broadcasting partner to share the exciting minute to minute live telecast of the said biggest Para Sporting Event.”
Fans will be able to cheer every Indian hero throughout the Games, including world No 3 and world No 2 Sumit Antil and Sandeep Chaudhary in Javelin; Manish Narwal (10m air pistol), Singhraj (10m air pistol) and Avani Lekhara (10m air rifle, 50m air rifle) in shooting and Mariyappan Thangavelu in High Jump.
Badminton will make its debut at the Games, which will feature as many as five shuttlers in the men’s category – Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar, Tarun Dhillon, Suhas Yathiraj and Krishna Nagar alongside the women’s doubles pairing of Parul Parmar, Palak Kohli.
”This is a milestone event in the short life of Eurosport India. Eurosport is the Home of Olympics in Europe and our association with Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games will be the first step towards a similar journey in India,” said Mr Vijay Rajput, Senior Vice President – Affiliate sales and Product Distribution, Asia – India Sales & Distribution at Discovery Inc. and Head of Eurosport India.
”While the Olympics may receive all the glory, and rightfully so this year with a scintillating performance from India, it’s now time to promote our incredible Paralympic athletes who have made the country proud time and again,” he added.
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