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Harvinder Singh’s calm composure and precision turned dreams into reality as he became India’s first-ever Paralympic gold medalist in archery on Wednesday. Pursuing PhD in Economics, the 33-year-old Indian, who lost to Kevin Mather of the USA in the Tokyo semifinals before securing a bronze, showed neither fatigue not nerves to secure five…
India achieved its best ever medal haul in the Paralympics as it went past last edition’s number of podium finishes on the back of a superlative performance by the country’s track and field athletes here on Tuesday. A late evening rush of medals swelled India’s tally to 20 (3 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze) to…
Ace Indian shooter Avani Lekhara missed out on a second medal at the ongoing Paralympic Games and finished fifth after putting up a strong fight in the final of the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 competition on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Avani, paralysed waist-down owing to a car accident she suffered as an…
The Indian duo of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar staged a remarkable comeback after the heartbreak in the semifinals to claim the bronze medal with a 156-155 win over Italy’s Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonacina in mixed team compound archery competition at Paralympics on Monday. It is only the second time that India…
Paris 2024 Paralympics Day 5 Highlights© X (Twitter) Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5, Highlights: Sumit Antil took India’s gold medal tally to three, as he broke the Paralympics javelin record twice in the F64 final at Paralympics 2024 with a best throw of 70.59m. Meanwhile, Nithya Sre Sivan won the bronze medal in…
Paris 2024 Paralympics Day 5 Highlights© X (Twitter) Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5, Highlights: Sumit Antil took India’s gold medal tally to three, as he broke the Paralympics javelin record twice in the F64 final at Paralympics 2024 with a best throw of 70.59m. Meanwhile, Nithya Sre Sivan won the bronze medal in…
Indian para-shuttlers Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manisha Ramadass won silver and bronze medals respectively in the women’s singles SU5 category at the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024 on Monday. Murugesan lost the first set to China’s Yang Qiu Xia 21-17. In the second set, the Indian player struggled and lost the match with a scoreline…
Paris 2024 Paralympics Day 4 Highlights© X (Twitter) Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 4, Highlights: India’s Nishad Kumar won the silver medal in Men’s High Jump T47 event at Paris Paralympics 2024. Nishad, who also finished second in Tokyo three years back, registered his season best attempt of 2.04m. Earlier, Preethi Pal scriped history after…
India opened its account in the athletics competitions at the Paris Paralympics with a bronze medal as sprinter Preeti Pal finished third in the Women’s 100m – T35 Final with a personal best time at Stade de France on Friday. The 23-year-old Preeti clocked 14.21 seconds, which is also her personal best to…
2024 Paris Paralympics Opening Ceremony LIVE Updates© PCI Paralympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: The 17th edition of the Paralympics will kick off with a grand opening ceremony at in Paris on Wednesday. A total of 4,400 Paralympic athletes from 167 nations will march around Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysees. India have…