Hello & Welcome to our LIVE COVERAGE of Day 8 of the Paris Paralympics:
11:12 pm: Ashok fails to secure medal in Men's 65kg Powerlifting Event.
10:53 pm: Simran Sharma stands 4th in Women's 100m T12.
9:06 pm: Harvinder Singh and Pooja lose in mixed team Recurve Bronze Medal Match.
8:00 pm: India's Harvinder Singh and Pooja lose in Mixed Team Recurve semi-final.
7:50 pm: India's Harvinder Singh and Pooja to square off Mixed Team Recurve semi-final.
3:40 PM: Simran Sharma finishes second in her semifinal of the women’s 100m – T12 semifinals with a timing of 12.33 seconds and qualifies for the final as the third fastest runner.
3 PM: World number 1 Kapil Parmar wins 10-0 against Marcos Dennis Blanco of Venezuela in the quarterfinal of the Men's 60kg J1 Judo Quarterfinals. He's now one win away from a medal in his debut Paralympics.
2.45 PM: India Win! Harvinder Singh & Pooja advance to the quarterfinals of Mixed Team Recurve Archery after a thrilling win over Australia in the 1/8 Elimination Round where India edged ahead 5-4 in the Shoot-Off thanks to the duo.
"Their determination and skill led them to this exciting win, and now, they are all set for the Quarterfinals at 6:30 PM IST today," the Paralympic Committee of India tweeted on X.
2:15 PM: In Par Archery Australia Force a Decider after the Indian pair of Pooja and Harvinder Singh lost the fourth set . The pair scored a total of 24, while the Australian pair managed 33 to take the fourth set and make it 4-4.
2:13 PM: In the R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification, India duo of Sidhartha Babu and Mona Agarwal have bowed out . Babu finished 22nd after accumulating 615.8 points from six series. On the other hand, Mona managed a 30th spot in the field of 36 managing 610.5 points
1:23 PM: Sidharatha Babu, Mona Agarwal currently in action in the R6 Mixed 50m Prone SH1
Preview
After yet another glorious day on Wednesday, India will look to add more medals to their tally as there are plenty more podium places up for grabs today in Paris.
Harvinder Singh, who became the first para-archer to win gold returns back at the archery range as he pairs up with Pooja in the mixed recurve team event.
Besides archery, Indian athletes will be in action in sports like judo, powerlifting, athletics and shooting. Bronze medallist Mona Agarwal will compete in the qualification event of the R6 mixed 50m rifle prone SH1.
