Paralympics 2024
Paralympics 2024 Day 8: Kapil Parmar wins India's first-ever medal in blind judo - Highlights
Catch highlights of Indian para-athletes' performance on September 5 at the Paris Paralympics.
India will look to add more medals to their tally at the Paralympics 2024 on Thursday after surpassing their Tokyo Paralympics tally of 19. India so far won 25 medals.
Mona Agarwal and Harvinder Singh will be in action. While Mona aims for a bronze medal, Harvinder and Pooja will look to add a gold medal in the mixed team recurve event. Simran is also a good medal prospect in the women's 100 T12 event.
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Live Updates
- 5 Sep 2024 7:43 PM GMT
Arvind finishes 6th!
With a season best throw of 13.01m, Arvind finishes 6th in the men's shot put F35 finals.
- 5 Sep 2024 6:49 PM GMT
Next Up: Arvind in action for the Men's Shot Put F35 Finals!
In a highly competitive field, Arvind, with a personal best of 14.77m aims to be the underdog of the competition.
Catch all the live action here
- 5 Sep 2024 5:33 PM GMT
Ashok falters his third attempt!
Ashok was unable to lift his third attempt of 206 kg, currently sits in the sixth position, out of the medal contention.
Top three remain unchanged.
- 5 Sep 2024 5:23 PM GMT
Para-athletics: Simran finishes 4th!
Simran along with her guide Abhay Singh, finished 4th with a timing of 12.31s, missing the podium by mere 0.05s.
A great effort nonetheless, a talent to look forward to.
- 5 Sep 2024 5:17 PM GMT
Ashok slips to 6th position after the second round!
With a best effort of 199 kg, Ashok sits way out of the top spots.
Current leaders:
Yi Zou- First Position (213 kg)
Mark Swan- Second Position (208 kg)
Thomas Kure- Third Position (205 kg)
- 5 Sep 2024 5:10 PM GMT
Ashok lifts his second attempt of 199kgs!
Ashok lifts 199kg with ease although his position remains unchanged as fourth.
China's Yi Zou currently leads with a 203kg lift on his first attempt.
- 5 Sep 2024 4:50 PM GMT
Para-powerlifting: Ashok in action for the Men's up to 65kg Final!
Ashok has successfully lifted his first attempt of 196kg and is currently in the fourth position.
Mark Swan of Great Britain is currently leading with a best lift of 203kg, with World Record holder Yi Zou of China is still to begin his competition.
Let's see how this event unfolds!
- 5 Sep 2024 3:38 PM GMT
India fails in shoot-off, no bronze medal!
India misses the bronze by a whisker. Singh starts with an 8, while his opponent Dejan scores a 9. Jatyan follows with a 9, but Ziva delivers a 10, securing the bronze medal for Slovenia.
India 17 - 19 Slovenia.
- 5 Sep 2024 3:33 PM GMT
We are going into a shoot-off!
Slovenia went first, with Dejan scoring a disappointing 7 and Ziva hitting a solid 9, just missing a 10. In response, Singh scored a good 9 and Jatyan registered a 7, making it an even split. On the second arrow, Dejan nailed a perfect 10, while Ziva added an 8. Could the Indians close it out? Jatyan started with a wayward 5, and Singh followed with an 8. Slovenia clinched the fourth set.
Shoot-off to follow.
