India At Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 4 LIVE: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj Assured Of At Least Silver After Reaching Men's Singles Badminton's Final

Updates:

10:33 pm: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj beats Sukant Kadam in Men's Singles Badminton's Final SL4.

10:20 pm: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj and Sukant Kadam face off in Badminton Men's singles SL4.

10:10 pm: Rakesh Kumar qualifies for Men's Archery Semi-Finals after defeating Canada's Kyle Tremblay.

9 pm: India assured of its sixth medal as Nitesh Kumar enters the men's singles SL3 final in badminton. The final of Men's Singles SL3 is scheduled for tomorrow at 3:30 PM IST.

8:10 pm: Kumar Nitesh faces Daisukhe Fujhara in Badminton Men's singles SL3.

5:21 pm: Badminton athlete Nithya Sre Sivan advances to semi-finals of Women's Singles SH6, beating Oliwia Szmigiel of Poland 21-4 and 21-7.

2.20 PM: Manisha Ramadass is on fire winning both group stage matches and now cruising past Japan's Mamiko Toyoda 2-0 (21-13, 21-16) in the Women's Singles Badminton SU5 quarterfinals. Good luck to her in the semis!

2.14 PM: Avani Lekhara and Sidhartha Babu faced a tough challenge in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event, ultimately crashing out of the competition. Avani, who earlier secured a gold medal, finished 11th with a score of 632.8, while Sidhartha Babu placed 28th with 628.3 points. Despite not advancing, both athletes gave it their all, demonstrating incredible skill and determination. Avani's earlier gold was a highlight of the week, and both competitors can hold their heads high for their efforts. Well done, Avani and Sidhartha—you’ve made India proud!

1:33 PM: Avani Lekhara drops to 19th in Mixed 10m Rifle Prone SH. Sidhartha Babu is 26th after scores of 104.6, 103.8, and 105.7 in three series so far. qualification round

1:24 PM: Avani Lekhara along with Sidhartha Babu competing in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Qualifying event. Meanwhile in Para Badminton India's Palak Kohli went down to Khalimatus Sadiyah of Indonesia 15-21,19-21

12:39 PM: Mandeep Kaur knocked out of the SL 3 event at the quarterfinal stage after losing second game 9-21 against Bolaji

12:18 PM: Mandeep loses first game 8-21

12:08 PM: Mandeep Kaur is up against Nigeria’s Mariam Eniola Bolaji and the Indian is already down 4-11 in the opening game .

Preview

After a slow start to the Paris Paralympics India went onto win 5 medals after three days of competition. It's Day 4 and once again India will look to add more medals to it's tally.

In shooting Avani Lekhara will be in action once again. Having defended her individual gold, she will be taking part in the mixed 10m air rifle-prone SH1. The qualifications and the finals are on the same day.

In badminton, two Indians Suhas Yathiraj and Sukant Kadam will face each other for a place in the final of the men's singles SL4 category.

There are two more semifinals involving Indian badminton players -- Nitesh Kumar will face Daisuke Fujihara in the men's singles SL3 event, while Thulasimathi Murugesan will be in action in the women's singles SU5 event.

Published on: Sunday, September 01, 2024, 11:25 AM IST