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Navdeep Singh’s Silver upgraded to Gold after opponent who finished 1st disqualified at Paris Paralympics 2024 – India TV

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Image Source : REUTERS Indian athlete Navdeep Singh at Paris Paralympics 2024 Navdeep Singh registered his personal-best record to clinch a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Saturday, September 7. Navdeep recorded a 47.32m throw in the men’s javelin throw F41 class event to bring India’s 29th medal at the 17th Summer Para Games.  The 23-year-old para-athlete from Panipat (Haryana) started with a foul in his first attempt but made a sensational comeback by registering his career’s longest throw of 47.32m in the Paralympics history in his third attempt to seal his first and India’s 11th Paralympic medal in javelin events.  However, Sadegh Beit Sayah of Iran finished first to clinch a gold medal with a winning throw of 47.64m but the officials disqualified him after the match for breaking the rules 8.1. Navdeep’s silver was upgraded to gold in a big celebration for the Indian fans.  Notably, Navdeep was leading the event in a top position after his second attempt but Iran’s Sadegh Beit Sayah produced a Paralympic record with a winning throw of 47.64m in his fifth attempt. Navdeep …

Indians in action on September 6, Schedule, timings

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Indian Judoka, Kapil Parmar, started his Paris Olympics campaign on a high note and booked his spot in the bronze medal match of the men’s 60 Kg J1 category on Thursday. India failed to win another medal in archery as Harvinder Singh and Pooja lost in the bronze medal match of the mixed recurve team ending the campaign with two medals in the sport. The action will continue in Paris on day 9 with seven athletes to compete in Para-athletics while the Para-canoeing event will commence with three Indian representatives. Here are all the events where India will be in action on Day 9 of the Paris Paralympics 2024 on September 6 (all times are in IST): Para canoe 1:30 PM – Men’s kayak single KL1 200m heats 1:50 PM – Women’s Va’a single VL2 200m heats 2:55 PM – Women’s kayak single KL1 200m heats Para-athletics 1:38 PM – Women’s 200m T12 round 1 – Simran Sharma 2:07 PM – Men’s javelin throw F54 final – Dipesh Kumar 2:47 PM – Men’s 400m T47 …

Dharambir claims Gold, Pranav Soorma wins Silver in men’s club throw at Paris Paralympics 2024 – India TV

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Image Source : GETTY Dharambir and Pranav Soorma at World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe on May 22, 2024 Dharmbir and Pranav Sooram added two more medals to India’s record tally with a double podium in the men’s club throw F51 event at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Wednesday, September 4. Dharambir clinched a gold medal and Pranav claimed silver to take India’s medal count to 24 in the 17th Summer Para Games.  The 35-year-old Dharambir set a new Asian record by reaching 34.92m in his fifth attempt. He was the first competitor in the finals and managed to hold his lead to clinch his first gold medal in an international tournament. Pranav, the gold medalist at the 2022 Asian Games, came close to breaking Dharambir’s mark but settled for a 34.59m throw to claim a silver medal. India’s third participant Amit Kumar finished tenth with his best throw of 23.96m at the iconic Stade de France.  The two-time Paralympic gold medalist and the reigning world champion Zeljko Dimitrijevic of Serbia finished third on the podium with his best …

Parmjeet, Sakina fail to win medal

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Indian para powerlifters kicked off their Paralympic campaign in Paris, but it was not a good outing for them. On Wednesday, Parmjeet Kumar and Sakina Khatun finished in 8th and 7th position, respectively. Paramjeet Kaur could only manage a lift of 150 Kg on his first attempt and then had two consecutive failed attempts at 157 and 161 Kg lifts in the men’s up to 49 Kg final. He will not be happy with his performance as his lift was way below his personal best of 166 Kg, which he lifted earlier this year at the Para Powerlifting World Cup. Last year, Parmjeet became the first powerlifter from India to win a medal at the World Para Powerlifting Championships and qualify for the Paralympic Games. Later in the day, Sakina Khatun also failed to impress and finished in 7th place in the final of women’s up to 45 kg category, with just one successful lift of 86 kg on her first attempt. This was Sakina’s second consecutive appearance at the Paralympics after Tokyo 2021, where …

Indians in action on September 5, Schedule, timings

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Indian Para-athletics team continued their brilliant showing at the Paris Paralympics and took India’s medal tally beyond 20 medals. The latest entrant to the list of medalists at the Games is Sachin Khilari. Sachin won a silver medal in the men’s shot put F46 category and became only the third Indian shot putter to win a Paralympic medal. The para-athletics action is still not over, and one more world champion from India, Simran Sharma, will be in action on Thursday. In addition, Indian Judokas will be seen in action for the first time in Paris tomorrow. Here are all the events where India will be in action on Day 8 of the Paris Paralympics 2024 on September 5 (all times are in IST): Para Shooting 1:00 PM – Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 qualification 3:15 PM – Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 final Blind judo 1:30 PM – Women’s 48kg preliminary rounds 1:30 PM – Men’s 60kg preliminary rounds 7:30 PM – Women’s 48kg Medal Matches 7:30 PM – Men’s 60kg Medal Matches Para Archery …

8 medals in one day at Paris 2024: From Nitesh to Sumit, how India’s most successful day ever at the Paralympics panned out | Sport-others News

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Before Tokyo Paralympics, the most medals India had won at a single edition was four, which had happened twice. First, at the 1984 edition, then once more four in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Then came the surge in Tokyo three years back. On August 30 in Tokyo alone, India won five medals, back then a record. One of those five was a gold medal for Sumit Antil in men’s javelin. Fast forward three years, on the day Sumit defended his gold medal in Paris, India won a total of eight medals as September 2, 2024 became the country’s single most successful day in the history of Paralympics. Here’s how the historic day panned out: Silver – Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics) India’s Yogesh Kathuniya clinches silver in discus throw. (Screengrab) Yogesh kickstarted things in Men’s Discus Throw – F56 finishing second to retain his medal from three years back and entering the club of multiple medallists at the Paralympics from India. But, much like Nishad Kumar the previous night in high jump, Nishad he wasn’t a …

Nishad Kumar clinches Silver in men’s high jump to win India’s seventh medal at Paris Paralympics 2024 – India TV

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Image Source : GETTY Nishad Kumar during the World Para Athletics Championships match in Kobe on May 19, 2024 India’s star athlete Nishad Kumar claimed the Silver medal in the men’s high jump event at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Sunday, September 1. Nishad produced his second and India’s seventh medal in the high jump category in Paralympic history. Nishad Kumar crossed the 2.04m mark to finish second while India’s other participant Ram Pal equalled his personal-best 1.95m to finish seventh. USA’s three-time Paralympic gold medalist Roderick Townsend-Roberts continued to dominate the event with the best finish of 2.08m. Both Nishad and Roderick were the only two contenders to coss 2.00m and then raised the bar for the gold with their respective season-best jumps. Both athletes crashed onto the bar while chasing 2.08m in their first attempt but the American star crossed it successfully in his second attempt to take the gold. Nishad also gave it all with his personal best performance on the 2024 but also crashed his second jump onto the bar to settle for a silver …

Avani Lekhara defends her Gold; Preethi Pal scripts first track medal – India TV

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Image Source : GETTY Avani Lekhara and Preethi Pal at Paris Paralympics events on August 30 Indian athletes dominated Day 2 of the Paris Paralympics 2024 with four medals on Friday, August 30. The ace shooter Avani Lekhara successfully defended her gold to enter the history books while Preethi Pawar produced India’s first-ever track medal in the Paralympics.  Mona Agarwal and Lekhara both finished on the podium in the women’s 10m air rifle event to open India’s medal account at the 17th Summer Paralympic Games. Lekhara registered the new Paralympic record by scoring a total points of 249.7 to win her record third medal in the Paralympics and Mona Agarwal scored 228.7 to win a bronze medal.  Avani became the first Indian to win two gold medals in two consecutive Paralympic events. She also equalled the legendary athlete Devendra Jhajharia’s record for the most Paralympic medals for India.  Preethi Pawar then stunned the world by winning India’s first-ever track medal in Paralympics. She clinched a bronze medal in the women’s 100m T35 event with an impressive finish …

Javelin to shooting, India targets medal surge as Paralympic Games start | Sport-others News

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At Rio 2016, India’s para Olympians returned home with four medals, two more than the able-bodied athletes. The tally jumped to 19 medals at the next Summer Games at Tokyo in 2021. As the 2024 Paralympic Games gets underway with the opening ceremony in Paris on Wednesday, India will be looking to continue this upward trajectory. Hopes are high as the largest-ever para-contingent of 84 athletes will be seen at venues where India got five medals earlier this month. Double paralympic medalist Devendra Jhajharia, who is now president of the Paralympic Committee of India, has a number in mind when he speculates on India’s medal count. “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,” Jhajharia said in a video message after the contingent reached the Games village. “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 …