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Olympian Diksha Dagar will lead a 73-member Indian contingent at the Deaflympics 2015, scheduled to be held in Japan from November 15 to 26.

The Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics will be available to watch on live streaming in India.

This is the largest-ever Indian squad at the Deaflympics.

Indian athletes will compete for medals across 11 sports – athletics, badminton, golf, judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, wrestling and tennis - at Tokyo 2025.

Diksha Dagar, who represented India at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as well as Paris 2024, returns to the Japanese capital for the Deaflympics as the reigning women’s golf champion.

She won gold in the 2022 edition held in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, and bagged a silver earlier in 2017.

Several of India’s other standout performers from the previous Deaflympics are also set to return.

Jerlin Anika Jayaratchagan, who swept three gold medals in badminton, will lead the contingent as India’s flag-bearer at Deaflympics 2025.

Dhanush Srikanth, the double gold medallist and 10m air rifle world record holder, Abhinav Deshwal, gold medallist in 10m air pistol, and Prithvi Sekhar, who won three medals in tennis, are all in the squad.

Overall, India’s Deaflympics 2025 squad features 45 men and 28 women. Shooting will see the largest contingent with 12, followed by athletics with 11 track and field athletes in action.

The Deaflympics are an international multi-sport event for deaf athletes, sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD). They are usually held every four years, with separate Summer and Winter editions.

Tokyo 2025 marks the 25th edition of the Summer Deaflympics, which began back in 1924 with Paris hosting the inaugural edition.

India first participated in the International Deaf Games (now Deaflympics) in 1965 and has won a total of 52 medals at the multi-sport meet.

India’s best-ever performance at the Deaflympics came at Caxias do Sul 2021 with a 16-medal haul - eight gold, one silver and seven bronze - which secured a ninth-place finish among 77 nations.

Where to watch Deaflympics 2025 live in India

Live streaming of the Deaflympics 2025 will be available to watch on the competition’s official YouTube channel in India. The event will not be telecast live on any TV channels in India.

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