Paralympics 2024
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.
Get all the LIVE updates here:
Live Updates
- 29 Aug 2024 6:58 PM GMT
Suhas and Kohli lose their mixed doubles badminton game.
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).
- 29 Aug 2024 6:10 PM GMT
Kumar and Thulasimathi lose their badminton match.
Mixed doubles SL3-SU5 pair Kumar Nitesh and Thulasimathi Murugesan lost their group stage game to Ramdani/Otkila 2-0 (21-15, 21-8).
- 29 Aug 2024 5:56 PM GMT
The archery ranking rounds have come to an end! The mixed compound team creates a world record!
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.
- 29 Aug 2024 4:54 PM GMT
What a rally in para table tennis!
The match between Great Britain and Poland saw an extraordinary rally played out by both teams!
Watch it here:
- 29 Aug 2024 4:49 PM GMT
Two Indian badminton fixtures left today!
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.
- 29 Aug 2024 3:20 PM GMT
Nithya Sre registers victory in her para-badminton singles' tie
Nithya Sre won her women's singles SH6 group stage tie against American Jayci Simon 2-0 (21-7, 21-8).
- 29 Aug 2024 3:19 PM GMT
Sivarajan Solaimalai suffers defeat in para-badminton.
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).
- 29 Aug 2024 1:58 PM GMT
Sheetal Devi finishes second in her ranking round!
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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