Paralympics: 5 Indian athletes for opening ceremony

Tokyo: 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 today. India will thus have 11 members participating in the opening ceremony, the remaining five being athletes. There is no cap on the number of athletes for the opening ceremony but only seven Indian participants have reached Tokyo so far. Of those seven, two table tennis players have competition on Wednesday and will not take part in the ceremony. India are being represented by 54 athletes.

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Thompson-Herah wins 100, Richardson last in return

Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah bested her Olympics gold-medal winning time in the 100 metres at the Prefontaine Classic, and Sha’Carri Richardson finished last in her return to the track after controversy. Thompson-Herah ran the 100m in 10.54 seconds, the best time in the world this year as well as a meet record and a personal best. She topped her Olympics-record 10.61 in Tokyo as she edged closer to Florence Griffith Joyner’s world record of 10.49 set in 1988. Fellow Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Sherika Jackson followed Thompson to the finish line, the same 1-2-3 finish as the Olympics. Agencies