Paralympics 2024 LIVE: Indians in finals of shooting, archery and athletics - Blog, Scores, Updates
On day-6 of the Paralympics, India will have several opportunities to add to their medal-tally.
Indian athletes will see action in archery, shooting and athletics on day-6 of the Paralympics on Tuesday. (File photo)
Paralympics LIVE: India will start day-6 of the Paralympics with 15-medals in their kitty. And on Tuesday, India's para-athletes will have several opportunities to add to this tally.
The action begins at 1pm with Para-shooting with the Womenâs 50m air rifle 3 positions SH1 qualification.
Thereafter, the focus shits to Para-athletics when at 2:26pm the Indian flag bearer Bhagyashree Jadhav will take the field for a medal in the Womenâs shot put F34 final.
At 3:20pm, in the Womenâs individual recurve open round of 16, Pooja Jatyan will hope to make progress.
Late in the evening at 10:38pm Deepthi Jeevanji will head out in Womenâs 400m T20 final. At 11:40pm, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sharad Kumar, Shailesh Kumar will see action in th Menâs high jump T63 final.
And finally at 12:13am in the Men's Javelin Throw F46 Final, India's Ajeet Singh, Rinku and Sundar Singh Gurjar will jostle for medals.
Call all the live action right here.
With today's record-breaking medal haul, India has now surpassed the half-century mark, achieving a total of 51 medals in its overall Paralympic history.
With a few more days to go, how many more medals can we expect?
In the both para-high jump and javelin throw events that concluded recently, India has achieved a double podium finish, with a silver and a bronze each.
Men's Javelin Throw - F46
Ajeet Singh- Silver (65.62m)
Gurjar SIngh- Bronze (64.96m)
Men's High Jump - T63
Sharad Kumar- Silver (1.88m)
Mariyappan Thangavelu- Bronze (1.85m)
With these remarkable efforts, India has now surpassed it's Tokyo medal tally with 20 medals in total, currently standing 17th in the medal tally
With a valiant effort of 1.88m, Sharad Kumar of India in now a double Paralympic medalist in the Men's High Jump - T63 category.
Currently in silver medal position, he aims to clear the 1.94 mark
Can he achieve it?
After clearing 1.85m mark with ease, he fails to clear the 1.88m, settling for bronze
World record holder Sundar along with Rinku and Ajeet in action at the Men's Javelin Throw - F46 finals.
Can one of them win the coveted gold?
We achieved a double podium finish in this event in Tokyo. Can we surpass this performance?
Being younger than Preethi Pal, Deepthi becomes India's youngest Para-athletics bronze medalist.
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