India Shines at Paris Paralympics 2024
Medals Galore for Indian Athletes
Paris, France – India’s Pooja Jatyan put up a brave fight but lost to China’s Wu Chunyan in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Individual Recurve Open at the Paris Paralympics 2024, with a score of 4-6.
Earlier, Indian archers Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi won a bronze medal in the Mixed Team Compound event, defeating Italy’s Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonnacina 156-155.
India has won 20 medals so far in the ongoing event. Para-shuttler Nithya Sre Sivan secured a bronze in the women’s SH6 category by defeating Indonesia’s Rina Marlina 21-14, 21-6.
Nitesh clinched a gold medal in the men’s singles SL3 category by defeating Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell 21-14, 18-21, 23-21. Murugesan won a silver medal after losing to China’s Yang Qiu Xia 21-17, 21-10 in the same category.
Manisha won a bronze medal by defeating Denmark’s Cathrine Rosengren 21-12, 21-8. In the men’s singles SL4 category, Suhas won a silver after losing to France’s Lucas Mazur 9-21, 13-21.
Para-shooter Avani Lekhara won India’s first gold in the women’s 10m air rifle with 249.7 points, her personal best. Mona Agarwal won bronze in the same event. Manish Narwal secured a silver in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 with 234.9 points.
Preeti won bronze in the 100m T35 event with a time of 14.21 seconds and another bronze in the 200m T35 race. Nishad Kumar won silver in the men’s high jump T47 with a leap of 2.04m. Yogesh Kathuniya won silver in the men’s Discus Throw F56 final.
Sumit Antil defended his gold in the men’s javelin throw F64 final with a record-breaking throw. Deepthi Jeevanji won bronze in the women’s 400m T20 final.
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Paralympics -: The Paralympics are a major international sports event where athletes with disabilities compete. It happens right after the Olympics.
Paris Paralympics 2024 -: This is the Paralympic Games that will be held in Paris, France, in the year 2024.
Medals -: Medals are awards given to athletes who finish in the top three positions in their events. Gold is for first place, silver for second, and bronze for third.
Pooja Jatyan -: Pooja Jatyan is an Indian athlete who competed in the quarterfinals of her event at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Rakesh Kumar -: Rakesh Kumar is an Indian archer who, along with Sheetal Devi, won a bronze medal in archery at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Sheetal Devi -: Sheetal Devi is an Indian archer who, along with Rakesh Kumar, won a bronze medal in archery at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Nithya Sre Sivan -: Nithya Sre Sivan is an Indian athlete who won a bronze medal in para-badminton at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Para-badminton -: Para-badminton is a version of badminton for athletes with physical disabilities.
Nitesh -: Nitesh is an Indian athlete who won a gold medal in men’s singles SL3 badminton at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
SL3 -: SL3 is a classification in para-badminton for athletes with lower limb impairments.
Avani Lekhara -: Avani Lekhara is an Indian shooter who won India’s first gold medal in women’s 10m air rifle at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
10m air rifle -: 10m air rifle is a shooting event where athletes aim at a target from a distance of 10 meters using an air rifle.
Sumit Antil -: Sumit Antil is an Indian athlete who defended his gold medal in the javelin throw at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Javelin throw -: Javelin throw is a track and field event where athletes throw a long spear called a javelin as far as possible.
Deepthi Jeevanji -: Deepthi Jeevanji is an Indian athlete who won a bronze medal in the women’s 400m T20 final at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
400m T20 -: 400m T20 is a running event for athletes with intellectual impairments, where they run 400 meters around a track.
