Paralympics 2024 Day 1: Archery team created world record, para shutters have mixed day- Highlights
On Day 1 of the 2024 Paralympics, live coverage includes exciting action in Para-Badminton and Archery, along with medal matches in Para-Taekwondo and Cycling.
On August 29, 2024, Day 1 of the Paralympics in Paris will feature significant participation from Indian athletes.
The schedule includes group-stage matches in Para-Badminton, ranking rounds in Para-Archery, and medal events in Para-Taekwondo and Para-Cycling.
Indian competitors to watch include Aruna Tanwar in Para-Taekwondo and Jyoti Gaderiya in Para-Cycling.
The day promises a full slate of events across these sports, highlighting India's largest-ever Paralympic contingent of 84 athletes competing in 12 sports.
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In the last Indian badminton fixture of day one, the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 pairing of Suhas Yathiraj and Palak Kohli lost their group stage game to French duo Lucas Mazur and Faustine Noel 2-0 (21-15, 21-9).
Mixed doubles SL3-SU5 pair Kumar Nitesh and Thulasimathi Murugesan lost their group stage game to Ramdani/Otkila 2-0 (21-15, 21-8).
Here are the final rankings of the Indians who took part in the ranking rounds:
Women's individual compound ranking round:
Sheetal Devi: 703 points, 2nd place.
Sarita: 692 points, 9th place.
Men's individual recurve ranking round:
Harvinder Singh: 637 points, 9th place.
Women's individual recurve ranking round:
Pooja: 585 points, 7th place.
Men's individual compound ranking round:
Rakesh Kumar: 696 points, 5th place.
Shyam Sundar: 688 points, 15th place.
Mixed team compound ranking:
India (Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar): 1399 points, 1st place.
Mixed team recurve ranking:
India (Pooja and Harvinder Singh): 1222 points, 5th place.
The match between Great Britain and Poland saw an extraordinary rally played out by both teams!
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There is the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 group stage match that will see India's Nitesh and Thulasimathi face off Hikmat Ramdani and Leani Oktila.
The last Indian fixture on day one of para-badminton is also another mixed doubles SL3-SU5 fixture, this time featuring Suhas Yathiraj and Palak Kohli facing France's Lucas Mazur and Faustine Noel.
Nithya Sre won her women's singles SH6 group stage tie against American Jayci Simon 2-0 (21-7, 21-8).
In the men's singles SH6 group stage match of para-badminton, India's Sivarajan Solaiman lost to Subhan of Iran 0-2 (15-21, 17-21).
Sheetal Devi becomes the first Indian female para-archer to cross the score of 700 in the ranking round.
She finishes second in the women's compound archery ranking round.
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