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Paris Paralympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: As India’s most successful campaign comes to a close with 29 medals, Paris gears up for one last show | Sport-others News

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Robinhood Archer, 8-foot-plus spiker: Meet the Paris 2024 Paralympics’ coolest cats Miles and Jacy with Indian coach Abhishek, Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues and Taymon Kenton-Smith from left to right. (Special arrangemnt) Even before 17-year-old Sheetal Devi shot herself to a mixed-team bronze medal at Paris 2024, she had become one of the faces of the Paralympic movement, with the world marvelling at her ability. Here was a teenager who was competing in a sport like para archery that demands precision. But more than merely competing, she was redefining the act of archery itself, with the bow held aloft with her right leg and the arrow being released by subtle movements of her upper body, usually involving her shoulder leaning back slightly or her jaw. Watching Sheetal Devi compete at Paris 2024 made the internet’s jaw drop. She wasn’t the only one. But away from their viral fame-attracting images, each of these athletes have a story. We look back some of the most fascinating athletes from the Paris Paralympics (READ MORE) Source link

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 10 Live Updates: Simran to race in 200m T12 final, Navdeep in javelin action as India look to finish strong | Sport-others News

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India at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games LIVE Updates: India will be banking on their track and field athletes to win perhaps a couple of medals on the penultimate day of action at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Saturday. It is the last day of track and field of action at the Stade de France as track and field events come to a close (minus marathons). After her agonising miss in the 100m final, Simran has another shot at a medal as she reached Women’s 200m T12 final. Simran won Semifinal 3 with a timing of 25.03s, that gave her the automatic qualification. Accompanied by her guide Abhay Singh, Simran finished first in her Round 1 Heat. Her final will be on Saturday night. In Men’s 400m – T47 Round 1, Dilip Gavit finished third in his heat and reached the final as well that will take place on Saturday. In Men’s Javelin Throw – F41 Final, Navdeep will be in action. He had won bronze medal at the World Championships in Kobe earlier this year …

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 9 Live Updates: Praveen Kumar eyes medal in men’s high jump, Simran returns to action in women’s 200m | Sport-others News

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India at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games LIVE Updates: India have taken their overall tally at the Paris Paralympics to 25 – six more than the country won in Tokyo three years ago, and on Friday, they will have a chance to add to it. India will be banking on Tokyo Games silver medalist Praveen Kumar in the men’s high jump T64 final. India’s track and field athlete Simran, who came agonisingly close to win a medal and finished fourth in the Women’s 100m T12 will be in action in the Women’s 200 T12 event. Accompanied by her guide Abhay Singh, Simran clocked 12.31 seconds in the 100m final. If she comes through her Round 1 and semifinal races on Friday, the Indian contingent will be hoping for another historic medal on Saturday. In the men’s javelin throw F54 final, Dipesh Kumar will be in action. In women’s javelin throw F46 final, Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary will take to the field. In men’s shot put F57 final, Soman Rana and Hokato Hotozhe Sema will be in action. …

Paralympics 2024 Day 9 LIVE: Dipesh, Praveen look to increase India’s medal tally

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6 Sep 2024 5:38 AM GMT 01:30 PM: Para Canoe – Yash Kumar in men’s Kayak Single 200m – KL1 heats 01:38 PM: Para Athletics – Simran in women’s 200m T12 Round 1 01:50 PM: Para Canoe – Prachi Yadav in women’s Va’a Single 200m – VL2 heats 02:07 PM: Para Athletics – Dipesh Kumar in men’s javelin throw F54 final 02:50 PM: Para Athletics – Dilip Mahadu Gavit in men’s 400m T47 Round 1 02:55 PM: Para Athletics – Pooja Ojha in women’s Kayak Single 200m – KL1 heats 03:21 PM: Para Athletics – Praveen Kumar in men’s high jump T64 final 08:30 PM: Para Powerlifting – Kasthuri Rajamani in women’s up to 67kg final 10:30 PM: Para Athletics – Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary in women’s javelin throw F46 final 10:34 PM: Para Athletics – Soman Rana and Hokato Hotozhe Sema in men’s shot put F57 final 11:10 PM: Para Athletics – Simran in women’s 200m T12 semifinal (if she qualifies). All timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST)  Source link

Sidhartha Babu, Mona Agarwal bows out in Qualification- Highlights

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5 Sep 2024 8:31 AM GMT Avani Lekhara clinched Gold to begin India’s prowess, Manish Narwal added a silver to the same, while Mona Agarwal and Rubina Francis clinched Bronze respectively.  Avani Lekhara was the only athlete to compete in 2 finals, She ended in the 5th position at the 50m Rifle 3 positions.  All other Indian shooters, couldn’t qualify for the finals. With one final event to go, India is currently in 4th position in the shooting medal tally behind, South Korea, China, and Slovakia. Source link

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 8 Live Updates: Harvinder Singh back in action, Simran in contention as India look to hit 25-medal milestone | Sport-others News

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India at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games LIVE Updates: Having already put together their best-ever medals tally at the Summer Paralympic Games, India will be eyeing more glory on Day 8 of the Paris Games on Thursday. Top names among those vying for medals will be Harvinder Singh, who won India’s first-ever gold in Archery at the Games on Wednesday, as he will feature alongside Pooja in the mixed team recurve open round of 16. Among other athletes in action will be Simran, who will feature in the women’s 100m T12 semifinal, with the final scheduled later in the day where she could well in the mix. India’s Arvind will feature in the men’s shot put F35 Final. Kapil Parmar and Kokila will represent India in Para Judo quarterfinals – men’s 60kg J1 and women’s 48Kg J2 categories respectively. Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 is also one to keep an eye on where 10m bronze medallist Mona Agarwal will compete, as will Sidhartha Babu. On Wednesday, other than Harvinder, Dharambir also claimed a gold medal for …

Nihal Singh, Rudransh Khandelwal bows out in Qualification- Highlights

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Paralympics Shooting Live: After Avani Lekhara’s fifth-place finish at the women’s 50m air rifle 3 positions on Tuesday, we’re back with the live coverage of para-shooting. Nihal Singh and Rudransh Khandelwal were in action in the mixed 50m pistol SH1 qualifications and failed to qualify further. The final of the event is also scheduled for Wednesday itself. As it happened: Source link

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 7 Live Updates: More athletics finals, Tokyo medallists Bhavina, Harvinder in action as India look to close in on 25 medals | Sport-others News

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Train accident survivor Ajeet Singh Yadav who saved friend’s life, wins Paralympics javelin silver with 65.62m throw; Sundar takes bronze Ajeet Singh and Shiv Sundar Gurjar (R) at the Paris Paralympics on Tuesday. (SAI) As 30-year-old Uttar Pradesh athlete Ajeet Singh Yadav won the silver medal in men’s F46 javelin throw at the Paris Paralympics, friend Anshuman Singh was remembering what happened on a winter morning in 2017. Seven years ago, on December 4, 2017 the then 23-year-old Ajeet Singh Yadav, a research assistant at Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE), Gwalior, suffered a tragic fall from a train. After attending a marriage in Jabalpur, Yadav along with his junior Anshuman had gotten out from the Kamayani Express at the Maihar station to fetch water. With the train starting, Yadav was the first to enter the bogey before Anshuman fell from the stairs of the bogey. Yadav got hold of Anshuman and with the train gathering speed, both fell at the platform with Yadav’s left arm below the elbow coming under the wheels. (Read …

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 6 Live Updates: Shooters Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal begin 50m Rifle 3P qualification, Bhagyashri in shot put soon | Sport-others News

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8 medals in one day at Paris 2024 (From Clockwise) Sumit Antil, Yogesh Kathuniya, Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan. (PTI | Reuters) 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. (READ MORE) Source link

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Sumit Antil in javelin, shuttlers Nitesh Kumar, Thulasimathi, Suhas Yathiraj in gold contention | Sport-others News

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Nitesh Kumar: From train accident to Paris Paralympics final Nitesh Kumar, the highly skilled towering shuttler from Haryana, downed Japan’s Fujihara Daisuke 21-16, 21-12 in the semifinals at the Chapelle Arena. (Screengrab via Paralympics) Nitesh is a trained engineer, who suffered an unfortunate train accident when he fell out of a moving coach during college, needing prosthetics on his left foot. A strapping 6 footer with a wicked reverse drop on the court, he had always liked badminton, but got serious about it in the last few years. Playing mixed doubles alongside Thulasimathi Murugesan, he spent his last six weeks before heading out to Paris, at the Pullela Gopichand academy, for a specific skills bootcamp. (READ MORE) Source link