Updates:
7:25: Sheetal Devi finishes the ranking round with a new Personal Best (703). Though she smashed the World Record, Turkey’s Oznur Cure Girdi better her score by one point to claim the top spot and WR.
6:30 pm: Sheetal Devi takes the lead after 42 arrows in the Women’s Individual Compound Open Ranking Round
6:25 pm: Indian para-archer Thulasimathi Murugesan wins the first match 21-9, 21-11 in straight games against Italy’s Rosa Efomo de Marco in Women’s Singles SU5 Group A
3:30 pm: Tarun squares off against Rogerio Junior Xavier De Oliveira in Men's Badminton singles Men's singles SL4.
3:25 pm: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj locks horns against Hikmat Ramdani in Men's Badminton singles SL4, beats his Indonesian opponent in straight games 21-7 and 21-5.
2:55 pm: Sukant Kadam in action against Mohd Amin Burhanuddin in Badminton Men's singles SL4 event.
2:55 pm: Taekwondo athlete Aruna Tanwar loses to Turkey's Nurcihan Ekinci.
2:55 pm: Manasi Joshi gets her women's singles SL3 Badminton singles campaign with a defeat to Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh.
2:45 pm: Mandeep Kaur loses to Mariam Bolaji in straight sets.
2:00 pm: Mandeep Kaur squaring off against Nigeria's Mariam Bolaji in women's singles SL3 Badminton singles.
1:25 pm: Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sivan go down in straight sets 23-21 and 21-11 to the USA pair
12:40 pm: Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sivan face Jayci Simon and Miles Krajewski of USA in SH6 mixed doubles para badminton category.
12:36 pm: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar beat Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj and Palak Kohli in straight games 21-14 and 21-17.
12:00 pm: Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar face Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj and Palak Kohli in mixed doubles para badminton.
Preview:
The Paralympics edition of 2024 will kick off in the French Capital that is Paris as the stage has been set for the same. The opening ceremony of the Paralympics couldn't have spelt a better beginning for the multi-nation event as the best para athletes from multiple nations will vie for the medals, as it happened in the Olympics.
A record 84 athletes will partake from India across 12 disciplines and the event itself brings with it promises of medals. Devendra Jhajharia, who is now the President of the Paralympic Committee of India, had said in a video message:
"Our 84-member team has come here with great enthusiasm. As the president of the Paralympic Committee, I want to tell you that we are going to create history in this tournament. We will win more medals than we ever have in the history of the Paralympics. When we repeatedly say that we will win more than 25 medals and that we will be in the medal tally of the top 20 countries, it is because our preparation is excellent, whether it be athletics, badminton or archery."
India had won 19 medals in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 and will be looking to surpass that tally this year.
