Paris Paralympics, Day 6 Highlights: With Two Double Podium Finishes In Para Athletics And Deepthi Jeevanji's Bronze, India Surpass Tokyo Medal Tally

An action packed Tuesday! The quest for medal glory continues in the French capital city with shooters Avani Lekhara, and Mona Agarwal kicking off the action in the R8-Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Qualification at 1:00 PM IST.For the full schedule of Indian athletes competing on September 3, Tuesday check out the details HERE.

Para Shooting

• 13:00 - R8 - Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Qualification - Mona Agarwal, Avani Lekhara

Para Athletics

• 14:28 - Women’s Shot Put - F34 Final - Bhagyashri Jadhav

Para Archery

• 15:20 - Women’s Individual Recurve Open 1/8 Elimination - Pooja

Para Shooting

• 19:30 - R8 - Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Final - Mona Agarwal, Avani Lekhara

Para Archery

• 20:30 onwards - Women’s Individual Recurve Open Quarterfinals - Pooja (Subject to qualification)

• 21:38 onwards Women’s Individual Recurve Open Semifinal - Pooja (Subject to qualification)

• 22:27 onwards - Women’s Individual Recurve Open Medal Matches - Pooja (Subject to qualification)

Para Athletics

• 22:38 - Women’s 400m - T20 Final - Deepthi Jeevanji

• 23:50 - Men’s High Jump - T63 Final - Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sharad Kumar, Shailesh Kumar

• 00:13 - Men’s Javelin Throw - F46 Final - Ajeet Singh, Rinku, Sundar Singh Gurjar

India, currently 15th in the Paris Paralympics standings with 15 medals—3 Gold, 5 Silver, and 7 Bronze—are aiming for six podium finishes on Day 6 of the Para Games 2024.

With around 50 medal events scheduled for September 3rd, including 24 in para-athletics and 15 in swimming, the Indian contingent will be in action across archery, shooting, and athletics. Check all the medal events today HERE

Inspired by the country's armed forces and cricket star Virat Kohli, a determined Kumar Nitesh sparkled with a gold medal on debut before javelin throw champion Sumit Antil joined India's para-badminton players in ensuring that the nation celebrated its best day at the ongoing Paralympic Games. Read the wrap of Day 5 of India at Para Games 2024 HERE

Shooting

1. Avani Lekhara - Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 - Gold

2. Manish Narwal - Men's 10m air pistol SH1 (Shooting) - Silver

3. Mona Agarwal - Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 (Shooting) 

4. Rubina Francis - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Shooting) - Bronze

Badminton

1. Nitesh Kumar - Men's singles SL3 (Badminton) - Gold

2. Thulasimathi Murugesan - Women's singles SU5 (Badminton) - Silver

3. Suhas Yathiraj - Men's singles SL4 (Badminton) - Silver

4. Manisha Ramadass - Women's singles SUS (Badminton) - Bronze

5. Nithya Sre Sivan - Women's singles SH6 (Badminton) - Bronze

Athletics

1. Sumit Antil - Javelin throw F64 (Athletics) - Gold

2. Nishad Kumar - Men's high jump T47 (Athletics) - Silver

3. Yogesh Kathuniya - Men's discus throw F56 (Athletics) - Silver

4. Preethi Pal - Women's 100m T35 (Athletics) - Bronze

5. Preethi Pal - Women's 200m T35 (Athletics) - Bronze

6. Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi - Mixed team compound open (Athletics) - Bronze

Shooters Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal will kickoff today's action for India in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3P SH1 qualification, at 1:00 pm IST. Only top 8 athletes from the event will advance to the medal round which will be held at 7:30 PM IST.

Avani has created so many records that it is hard to remember them all. Most prominently, she became the first Indian to win gold medals at successive Paralympics. She also became just the second Indian and the first woman from the country to become Paralympics champion twice.

Right now, she along with Mona Agarwal is in action in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3P SH1 qualification. Read the full story of the Indian star para shooter here.

 When Mona Agarwal was just nine months old, she contacted polio that would leave her on wheelchair for her entire life. Born in Sikar, Rajasthan, she was also ridiculed for being the third daughter in the family.

On Friday, the 37-year-old mother of two clinched bronze at the Paris Paralympics. Mona came third in the women's 10m air rifle (SH1) shooting competition where her teammate and Tokyo Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara won gold. Read her full story here.

The fifth day of the Paris Paralympics 2024 will be etched in Indian sports history. With two golds and four silvers—a record-breaking haul—India moved up to 15th place in the standings with a total of 15 medals.

China remain in the lead with 87 medals, including 43 golds. Great Britain follows in second place with 29 gold medals and a total of 57 medals. The United States is in third place with 42 medals.

Check out all the medal winners from the Para Games 2024 Day 5 and the updated medal tally HERE.

It is a good start for the Indian shooters.

Avani finishes the last series of the kneeling position in sixth place with a total score of 388 with 21 inner tens and Mona ends on 13th in the standings with 381 with 10 inner tens in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1.

Fourth series shots:

Avani: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 9, 9

Mona: 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 10, 10, 9

After the third series in the prone position, Avani dropped down to the 8th spot with a total score of 680 including 34x.

Series 3 shots, Avani: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 10, 10

With only the standing stage remaining, Avani holds eighth place with a total score of 393 points, while Mona finishes in 15th place with a score of 383 after the prone shots.

The Indian thrower Bhagyashri Jadhav is competing in the Shot Put F34 Final. Follow the live score and updates of the medal event here.

With five tens in a row, Avani Lekhara scores 97 in the fourth series of the standing stage, ending with a total score of 1159 and 59 inner tens on seventh place. She earned a spot in the final.

Meanwhile, unfortunately, Mona misses out on qualification despite an impressive 98 in the final series. She finished 13th with a total score of 1147 and 38 inner tens.

Bhagyashri Jadhav made her personal best throw of 7.28 meters on her sixth attempt. Currently, placed on fourth position and the Indian missed out on a podium finish. The world record holder, China’s Lijuan Zou, leads with a personal best throw of 9.14 meters.

Here's the detailed report of the women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 qualification round with the Indians in focus.

Indian recurve archer Pooja enters quarterfinals beating beat Yagmur Sengul of Turkey 6-0 in straight sets in recurve women's open archery competition at the Paris Paralympics.

The Indian will now take on the Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Wu Chunyan of China in the quarters later in the day.

Next in action from India will be Avani Lekhara in the R8 - Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Final at 19:30 at the Chateauroux.

"...coming here as world no.1 and as world champion, there was pressure and expectations on me. I too expected that I will do well here. Ideally I would have liked to win gold medal, which is every player's dream," the Men's singles SL4 silver medallist Suhas Yathraj said on Tuesday.

"Winning the silver is a mixed feeling, there is sadness and disappointment of missing the gold. But when the feeling sinks in then you will realise qualifying for Paralympics and representing your country was a big thing.

"And winning the silver is a proud moment and I feel extremely humbled and grateful," added the 2007 batch IAS officer.

• 19:30 - R8 - Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Final - Avani Lekhara

• 20:30 onwards - Women’s Individual Recurve Open Quarterfinals - Pooja

• 22:38 - Women’s 400m - T20 Final - Deepthi Jeevanji

• 23:50 - Men’s High Jump - T63 Final - Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sharad Kumar, Shailesh Kumar

• 00:13 - Men’s Javelin Throw - F46 Final - Ajeet Singh, Rinku, Sundar Singh Gurjar

If Pooja advances to the semis of Women’s Individual Recurve Open, action will continue at 21:38 onwards. The medal match will begin at 22:27 IST.

About half an hour left for Avani Lekhara to aim at her second medal at the Paris Paralympics. She already won a gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle SH1 event last Friday. Now she is aiming to finish on podium of women’s 50m rifle 3P SH1 event, where she bagged bronze in Tokyo.

Stay tuned!

Para Shooting - R8 - Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Final -Avani Lekhara - 7:30 PM

Para Archery - Women’s Individual Recurve Open Quarterfinals - Pooja vs Wu Chunyan (CHN) - 8:30 PM onwards

Para Archery - Women’s Individual Recurve Open Semifinal - Pooja (Subject to qualification) - 9:38 PM onwards

The final of the women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 final where India's Avani Lekhara eyes medal glory is underway.

India's Avani Lekhara is in the silver medal position after the kneeling stage of the women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 event. The shooters will have seven minutes before the next stage kicks off.

Avani Lekhara is placed sixth in the women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 final after the prone and kneeling rounds with a major gap between she and the medal positions. Can she pull off a miracle?

And that's that for the Indian shooter. Avani comes up with a 9.3 to see her campaign end while finishing fifth in the women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 final at the Paris Paralympics.

Natalie Hiltrop of Germany wins the gold medal , while Slovakia’s Veronika Vadovicova takes silver, and Zhand Cuiping of China clinches bronze. 

After clinching a silver medal at the Paris Paralympics, India's Nishad Kumar spreads joy at the French capital.

India’s Pooja Jatyan will take part in the women’s individual recurve open quarterfinals against China’s Wu Chunyan. Stay tuned for the live updates from the event. 

Pooja starts off strong against Wu in the quarters of the women's individual recurve open. This is stunning archery from the Indian as she hits 28 and takes the first set against the Chinese 28-23. Sheer brilliance. 

Good gets better for India’s Pooja Jatyan. After a bit of a rough start with a 7, she backs it up with 8 and a 10, while Wu hits 8, 7 and a 9 to come close, which eventually isn’t good enough. Pooja takes the second set 25-24.

Is a comeback on here? Incredible shooting from both. Wu hits 28, while Pooja, who nailed two 10s, comes up with a 7 to lose the third set. Pooja still leads 4-2. Can the Indian close it out?

Drama! Wu comes back, and the scores are level! The shooting levels are skyrocketing through the roof, but to maintain the level is the task. However, Pooja only manages to hit 24 and concedes yet another set. 4-4!

That is composure of the highest quality right there. She looked down and out, but Wu came back 4-0 to book her semi-final berth. In the decider, Pooka manages to hit 24, while Chunyan responds with 27. 

Para-Athletics - Deepthi Jeevanji in women’s 400m T20 final - 10:38 PM

Para-Athletics - Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Shailesh Kumar in men’s high jump T63 final - 11:50 PM

Para-Athletics - Ajeet Singh, Sundar Singh Gurjar, Rinku in men’s javelin throw T46 final - 12:10 AM

Australia’s James Turner has won the 400m T36 gold in scintillating fashion after he broke the world record on the sixth day of the Paralympic Games in Paris. 

China maintains a good lead at the top of the medal tally with 103. Great Britain is second on the list with 57, while USA is third with 47. India is in the 17th spot with 15 medals.

India's Deepthi Jeevanji clinches bronze medal in the women's 400m T20 final after clocking 55.82. The victory also marks India's 16th overall medal at the Paris Paralympics.

Para athletics - Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Shailesh Kumar in men's high jump T63 final - 11:50 PM

Para athletics - Ajeet Singh, Sundar Singh Gurjar and Rinku in men's javelin T46 final - 12:10 AM

We are just few minutes away from the men's high jump final action where India's Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sharad Kumar, and Shailesh Kumar will eye medal glory.

INDIA BROKE TOKYO PARALYMPICS' MEDAL RECORD

India had another successful day at the Paralympics, securing three bronze medals and two silver medals in para athletics. The highlight of the day was two double podium finishes, showcasing India's dominance in these events.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates and coverage tomorrow. Until then, have a great evening.