Paralympics 2024 Day 1: Archery team created world record, para shutters have mixed day- Highlights

Harvinder Singh finishes 9th in men's recurve open ranking round.

With a total of 637 points, India's Harvinder Singh finished in ninth spot. Here is the full ranking:

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The German master is here!

Former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund football coach Jurgen Klopp was seen witnessing the Paris Paralympic Games from the stands. 

Here are the results of Indian para-badminton on day one

The combined result of all the Indian fixtures that took place so far on day one at the Paralympic Games 2024:

Kumar Nitesh/Thulasimathi beat Suhas Yathiraj/Palak Kohli 2-0 (21-14, 21-17), Mixed doubles SL3-SU5 group stage

S.Sivarajan/Nithya Sre lost to J.Simon/M.Krajewski 0-2 (21-23, 11-21), Mixed doubles SH6 group stage

Mandeep Kaur lost to Mariam Bolaji 0-2 (8-21, 14-21), Women's singles SL3 group stage

Manasi Joshi lost to Q.I Syakuroh 1-2 (21-16, 13-21, 18-21), Women's singles SL3 group stage

Sukant Kadam beat Mohd Amin 2-1 (17-21, 21-15, 22-20), Men's singles SL4 group stage

Suhas Yathiraj beat Hikmat Ramdani 2-0 (21-7, 21-5), Men's singles SL4 group stage

Tarun Dhillon beat Rogerio Oliveira 2-0 (21-17, 21-19), Men's singles SL4 group stage

Kumar Nitesh beat Manok Sarkar 2-1 (21-13, 18-21, 21-18), Men's singles SL3 group stage

Palak Kohli beat Milena Surreau 2-0 (21-12, 21-14), Women's singles SL4 group stage

Thulasimathi Murugesan beat Rosa Efomo 2-0 (21-9, 21-11), Women's singles SU5 group stage 

Incredible! Daphne Schrager breaks Hausberger's record!

What a qualifying heats we have witnessed! 

Daphne Schrager, whose record was broken by Hausberger just two heats back, takes back her world record in the C2 category by nearly four seconds in her heats! 

She will also race for the gold medal against China's Wang Xiaomei, whereas Germany's Maike Hausberger will race Flurina Rigling of Switzerland for the bronze medal. 

Here are the final results of the women's C1-3 3000m qualifying heats: 

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China's Xiomei Wang breaks the world record in C3 category!

Following Hauseberger's heroics, China's Wang Xiaomei breaks the C3 world record by 6 seconds! 

She finishes her race in 3:44.660s. What an incredible set of races going on at track cycling! 

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Maike Hausberger breaks the world record for C2 category!

In what was a brilliant race by the German, Hausberger finished her 3000m in just 3:49.444s and broke the Paralympic and world record! 

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Jyothi finishes well behind her Colombian opponent!

Munevar Florez finishes her heats with a timing of 4:14.667s whereas the Indian finishes much later, with a timing of 4:53.929s.

At the end of all the heats, the top two with the best timing will compete for the gold medal, whereas the 3rd and 4th best finishes will take part in the bronze medal race. 

Jyothi falling behind

Although the qualifying rounds are about timings, Jyothi is well behind Munevar Florez at the halfway point of this race. 

The race has begun!

The race is about to begin.

Jyothi is placed in the first heat of the qualifying round. This is her Paralympic debut.