Archer Sheetal Devi from India prepares to fire during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Scheyer)
The national contingent had positive results in archery and badminton, however, cyclist Jyoti Gaderiya failed to qualify for subsequent rounds, as did Taekwondo athlete Aruna.
Team India began their Paralympic campaign on Thursday in Paris with the badminton, archery, cycling and taekwondo contingents in action.
The national contingent had positive results in archery and badminton, however, cyclist Jyoti Gaderiya failed to qualify for subsequent rounds, as did Taekwondo athlete Aruna.
India’s Results at the Paris Paralympics, August 29 (Thursday)
Para Badminton – Nitesh Kumar/Murugesan Thulasimathi vs Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli in Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage: Nitesh and Thulasimathi won 21-14, 21-17.
Para-Badminton – Sivarajan Solaimalai/SIVAN Nithya Sre Sumathy vs Miles Krajewski/Jayci Simon (USA) in Mixed Doubles SH6 Group Play Stage: Shivaraj and Nithya Sre lost 21-23, 21-11
Para-Badminton – Mandeep Kaur vs Mariam Eniola Bolaji (Nigeria) in Women’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage
Para Badminton – Manasi Joshi vs Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh (Indonesia) in Women’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage
Para Badminton – Sukant Kadam vs Mhd Amin Burhanuddin (Malaysia) in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage: Sukant won 17-21, 21-15, 22-20
Para-Taekwondo – Aruna Tanwar vs Nurcihan Ekinci (Turkey) in Women K44 -47kg Round of 16: Aruna lost 0-19
Para Badminton – Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj vs Hikmat Ramdani (Indonesia) in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage: Suhas Yathiraj won 21-7, 21-5
Para-Badminton – Tarun vs Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveira (Brazil) in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage: Tarun Dhillon won 21-17, 21-19
Para-Badminton – Nitesh Kumar vs Manoj Sarkar in Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage: Nitesh won 21-13, 18-21, 21-18
Para Cycling Track – Jyoti Gaderiya in Women’s C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying: Jyoti finished 10th and failed to qualify
Para Archery – Sheetal Devi, Sarita in Women’s Individual Compound Open Ranking Round: Sheetal finished second to qualify for the 1/8 elimination round, Sarita finished 9th to qualify for the 1/16 elimination round.
Para Archery – Harvinder Singh in Men’s Individual Recurve Open Ranking Round: Harvinder finished 9th to qualify for the 1/16 elimination round.
Para-Badminton – Palak Kohli vs Milena Surreau (France) in Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage: Palak won 21-12, 21-14
Para-Badminton – Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Rosa Efomo de Marco (Italy) in Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage: Thulasimathi won 21-9, 21-11
Para-Badminton – Manisha Ramadass vs Maud Lefort (France) in Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage: Manisha won 8-21, 21-6, 21-19
Para-Badminton – Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Subhan (Indonesia) in Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage: Sivarajan lost 15-21, 17-21.
Para-Badminton – Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Jayci Simon (USA) in Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage: Nitya Sre won 21-7, 21-8.
Para Archery – Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Swami in Men’s Individual Compound Open Ranking Round: Rakesh finished 5th to move into the 1/16 elimination round, Swami finished 15 to reach the 1/16 elimination round.
Para Archery – Pooja in Women’s Individual Recurve Open Ranking: Pooja Jatyan finished 7th to move into the 1/16 elimination round.
Para-Badminton – Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Hikmat Ramdani/Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia) in Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage: Nitesh Thulasimathi lost 15-21, 8-21
Para-Badminton – Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli vs Lucas Mazur/Faustine Noel (France) in Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage: Suhas and Palak lost 15-21, 9-21.