The Indians have so far managed to win five medals at the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024, and one of them includes Avani Lekhara’s historic gold medal. Avani became the first Indian female Paralympian to win two gold medals as she successfully defended her Tokyo Paralympics gold medal in the women’s 10 metre air-rifle standing SH-1 shooting. She also went on to create a new world-record in her outstanding performance.
Besides Lekhara, para shooter Mona Agrarwal managed to win a bronze medal as well which meant India recorded a double-podium medal finish for the first time in a single tournament. Para Pistol Shooter Rubina Francis further increased the nation’s medal tally by securing a Bronze medal, while Manish Narwal won the silver medal in the same category as well, showcasing how exceptional the performance of India has been in shooting at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Talking about other sports, archery star Sheetal Devi started things off by creating a world record in ranking-round but she had to be satisfied with the silver medal in the end. The 17 year old then alongside fellow countrymen Rakesh Kumar created a new compound mixed-team world-record with a score of 1399.
Talking about athletics, Preethi Pal secured a bronze medal in the women’s 100 metre T-35 event on Friday. The Indian para athletes will look forward to increasing the medal tally of the nation by performing well in today’s events. The schedule for today’s events in the Paris Paralympics 2024 is given below.
India’s Paris Paralympics 2024 schedule on 1st of September:
1:00 PM – Sidhartha Babu and Avani Lekhara, Para-Shooting Round 3 – Mixed 10 metre Air Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification
1:40 PM – Rakshitha Raju, Para Athletics – Women’s 1500 metre – T11 Round 1
2:00 PM – Anita and Narayana Konganapalle, Para-Rowing Mixed Doubles Sculls-Final B PR-3
3:00 PM – Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna, Para-Shooting – Mixed 10 metre Air Rifle Prone SH2 Qualification
3:12 PM – Ravi Rongali, Para Athletics – Men’s Shot Put Final F40 Final – (Medal-event)
Where to watch the Indian Paralympic stars in action?
One can watch the Indian Paralympic athletes perform at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on DD Sports on television and the matches will also be broadcast live on Jio Cinema and the Paralympics Youtube channel for free
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