India’s Schedule At Paris Paralympics 2024, September 7: India continues to shine on the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024. The nation has already hit its finest medal tally within the historical past of the Para Video games. India received a complete of 26 medals; 6 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronze. Excessive jumper Praveen Kumar, shooter Avani Lekhara, javelin thrower Sumit Antil, archer Harvinder Singh, badminton star Nitesh Kumar and membership thrower Dharambir Nain are the celebrities who bagged the highest honour for India. India’s earlier finest medals tally was within the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, the place the nation received 5 gold. (Paris Paralympics 2024 Medal Tally)
Following is the India schedule (Timings in IST) for Day 10, Saturday of Paris Paralympics:
Street biking –
Males’s street race C1-3 (Medal spherical): Arshad Shaik — 1.00 pm
Girls’s street race C1-3 (Medal spherical): Jyoti Gaderiya — 1.05 pm
Canoe sprint-
Males’s KL1 200m (Semi-final): Yash Kumar — 1.30 pm
Girls’s VL2 200m (Semi-final): Prachi Yadav — 1.58 pm
Swimming –
Males’s 50m butterfly S7 (Warmth): Suyash Jadhav — 1.55 pm
Athletics –
Girls’s 200m T12 (Medal spherical): Simran — 11:04 pm
Males’s 400m T47 (Medal spherical): Dilip Gavit — 12.29 am (Sunday)
Harvinder, Preethi to be India’s flag bearers
Gold medal-winning archer Harvinder Singh and sprinter Preethi Pal, who made historical past by turning into the first-ever Indian lady to win two medals on the Paralympics, would be the nation’s flag bearers in the course of the closing ceremony of the Paris Video games on Sunday. Harvinder, 33, who had additionally scripted historical past by turning into the primary Indian archer to clinch a gold on the Paralympics so as to add to the bronze he received in Tokyo in 2021, mentioned carrying the nation’s flag in the course of the closing ceremony was the best honour he might have dreamed of.
“Successful gold for India has been a dream come true, and now main our nation as a flag-bearer on the closing ceremony is the best honour I might think about. This victory is for everybody who believed in me, and I hope to encourage many extra to pursue their goals,” mentioned the Haryana-based Harvinder, who has impairment in each legs since he was a toddler.
Preethi, 23, who clinched bronze medals in ladies’s T35 100m and 200m competitions with private finest timings of 14.21 and 30.01 seconds respectively, mentioned she was thrilled with the information.
“It’s a nice honour to symbolize India as a flag bearer. This second is not only about me; it is about each para-athlete who has pushed their limits to make our nation proud. I’m thrilled to be main our unimaginable workforce on the closing ceremony.” Preeti, born in Uttar Pradesh, is a T35 athlete, who suffers from coordination impairments corresponding to hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis.
(With PTI Inputs)
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