India added a bronze to its medal ally at the Paris Paralympics 2024 as para-shooter Rubina Francis sealed a third-place finish in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event.
Francis scored 211.11 points to clinch the third and final podium spot and everything that goes with the top-3 finish.
However, the promising runs of women archers Sheetal Devi and Sarita came to a grinding halt as they were edged out to a place in the following rounds by inspired performances from their opponents.
The badminton unit started off the day with positive results, however, the final session saw the Indian contingent’s shuttlers’ challenge fizzle out.
Indian Results on Day 3, Saturday, 31 August 2024:
Para Shooting: Indian shooter Rubina Francis picked up the bronze medal in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event with a score of 211.1.
Para Shooting: Swaroop Unhalkar could not crack his way into the final of his Men’s R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event as he finished 14th with a score of 613.4 in the qualifiers.
Para-Badminton: Sivarajan Solaimalai went down to Krysten Coombs of Great Britain 12-21, 10-21 in Men’s Singles SH6 Group Stage A.
Para Archery: Sarita Kumar was beaten by Oznur Cure of Turkey 140-145 in the last 8 of the Women’s Individual Compound Open
Para Archery: Sheetal Devi was shocked by Chilean Zuniga Mariana 137-138 in the Women’s Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination round
Para Cycling: Arshad Shaik came in 17th in the Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial with a timing of 1:26.154 and failed to qualify for the final.
Para Cycling: Jyoti 52.098 seconds to finish 11th in the Women’s C1-3 500m time trial round to crash out of the event.
Para-Badminton: Sukant Kadam got the better of Siripong Teamarrom of Thailand 21–12, 21-12 in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage to reach the semifinal of the event.
Para-Badminton: Manisha Ramadass went down to Xia Qiu Yang of China 15-21, 7-21, however, advanced to the Quarterfinals after finishing 2nd in the SU5 Group Stage C.
Para-Badminton: Tarun Dhillon was handed a crushing 2-0 defeat by home hope Lucas Mazur of France in the Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage.
Para-Badminton: Manoj Sarkar picked up a 2-0 win against China’s Jianyuan Yang but failed to make it through to the next round as he finished 3rd Men’s Singles SL3 Group Stage.
Para-Badminton: Nitesh Kumar beat Bunsun Mongkhon of Thailand 2-0 in straight games 21-13, 21-14 to move into the subsequent round of Men’s Singles SL3.
Para-Badminton: Mandeep Kaur got the better of Australian Vinot Celine 21-23, 21-10, 21-17 to secure her place in the Women’s Singles SL3 quarter-finals.
Para Rowing: Anita and Narayana Kongannapalle qualified for Final B, securing a 3rd place finish in the Repechage round with a timing of 7:54.33 minutes.
Para-Badminton: Nitya Sree Sumathy Shivan went down fighting 20-22, 18-21 to Lin Shuangbao in the Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group A Match.
Para-Badminton: Natthapong Meechai beat Krishna Nagar (Ret) 22-20, 11-3 in the Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group B Match.
Para-Badminton: Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon of the USA beat Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan of India 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 21-13) in the semifinal of the mixed doubles event.
10:30 PM IST – Para Athletics – Parveen Kumar finished 8th in the Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final with a best throw of 42.12.
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