India at Paralympics 2024, Day 7 as it happened: Four more medals added to contingent’s record tally
Recap of all the main events from Day 7 of the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Key updates:
Cycling: Arshad Shaik and Jyoti Gaderiya finished last in the men’s C2 and women’s C1-3 individual time trial events respectively.
Shooting: Nihal Singh and Rudransh Khandelwal finish 19th and 22nd respectively in the qualification round of the mixed 50m pistol SH1 event.
Athletics: Sachin Khilari opens India’s account for the day with a silver in the men’s shot put F36 final. Mohd Yasser and Rohit Kumar finish eight and ninth respectively.
Table tennis: Bhavina Patel loses to Zhou Ying of China in the quarter-final of the women’s individual WS4 event.
Athletics: Amisha Rawat finished 14th in the women's shotput F46 event
Powerlifting: Parmjeet Kumar finished 8th in the men’s upto 49kg event. Sakina Khatun finished 7th in the women’s up to 45kg event.
Athletics: Simran is through to the women’s 100m T12 semi-final after winning her heat with a time of 12.17 seconds.
Archery: Harvinder Singh wins gold in the men’s individual recurve event.
Athletics: Dharambir wins gold and Pranav Soorma clinches silver in the men’s club throw F51 final, while Amit Kumar Saroha finished 10th.
That’s it for our coverage of Day 7 of the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Another fruitful day for India as two gold and as many silver medals were added to the tally.
Sachin Khilari began proceedings with a silver medal in the men’s shot put F36 final.
Later Harvinder Singh improved on his bronze from Tokyo to win the gold medal in the men’s individual recurve archery event, becoming the first Indian archer to win a Paralympic gold.
In the last event of the day featuring Indians, Dharambir took gold and Pranav Soorma clinched silver in the men’s club throw F51 final.
Join us again tomorrow as the Indian contingent continues its search for medals.
See you then!
Athletics, men's club throw F51 final: It's a 1-2 finish for India as Dharambir takes the gold and Pranav Soorma wins the silver.
Athletics, men's club throw F51 final: Four more athletes are left to make their six attempts. We’ll have to wait for them to finish before we know the final podium standings.
Athletics, men's club throw F51 final: Not a good show from Amit Kumar Saroha. Four of his attempts were fouls, and he could only manage a best distance of 23.96m.
Athletics, men's club throw F51 final: Pranav Soorma's first throw of 34.59m puts him in second place, behind compatriot Dharambir's 34.92.
Six more throwers left to compete, including India's Amit Kumar Saroha.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: GOLD FOR HARVINDER SINGH! Stunning, composed shooting from the Indian archer, as he beats Poland's Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 in the final.
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— The Field (@thefield_in) September 4, 2024
GOLD for Harvinder Singh! THAT LEGENDARY GROUPING 🥇
What a dominant performance from the Indian to secure the 6-0 win over Lukasz Ciszek.https://t.co/xPubJOYUXO pic.twitter.com/GrK6SzFtev
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh takes on Lukasz Ciszek of Poland for the gold medal in the men's individual recurve event.
Will this be India's fourth gold at the Paris Paralympics?
Athletics, women's 100m T12 Round 1: Simran wins Heat 1 with a season best timing of 12.17. She qualifies for the semi-finals tomorrow.
Athletics, men's club throw F51: After a foul in the first four attempts, Dharambir lands a 34.92 throw in the fifth attempt. And it's an area record. The sixth attempt is 31.59 but the fifth attempt seems to have done enough.
Athletics, men's club throw F51 final: Men's club throw F51 final up next. India has three athletes competing in this event: Dharambir, Pranov Soorma and Amit Kumar.
Can they get a podium sweep?
The final starts at 10:50 pm.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh is through to the final! Clutch shooting from the Tokyo bronze medallist. He beats Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri 6-4 to upgrade his medal from the last edition. Can he get the gold?
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh takes on Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri for a spot in the final.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh qualifies for the semi-finals! He defeats Colombia’s Julio Ramirez 6-2 in the quarter-finals. He will face Iran’s Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri in the semi-final at 10:08 pm.
Powerlifting, women’s up to 45kg: Sakina Khatun fails to lift 92kg in the third attempt and she has to end her campaign with a best lift of 86kg.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh is up against Julio Ramirez in the quarter-finals.
Powerlifting, women’s up to 45kg: Sakina Khatun fails to lift 90kg in her second attempt. She has dropped down to seventh spot. China’s Guo Ling, meanwhile, has created a Paralympic Record in back-to-back attempts as she lifts 118kg. Turkey’s Nazmiye Muratli and USA’s Zoe Newson are placed second and third respectively.
Powerlifting, women’s up to 45kg: Sakina Khatun successfully lifts 86kg in her first attempt.
Powerlifting, women’s up to 45kg: India’s Sakina Khatun will be in action soon in women’s 45kg powerlifting.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh will face off against Hector Julio Ramirez in the quarter-finals. The match is expected to start at 9.17 pm IST.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh secures a quarter-final berth. He comes back from a set down to beat Indonesia’s Setiawan 6-2 in the round of 16.
The Indonesian archer completely lost the plot after winning the first set, shooting a 0 in the fourth and final set of the match.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh is back in action for his Round of 16 clash. He is up against Indonesia’s Setiawan.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh beats the 65-year-old Tseng Lung-Hui. The Indian archer prevails 7-3 in the contest and books his spot in the pre-quarters of the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: Harvinder Singh is out in the middle. His opponent Tseng is aged 65!
Archery, men’s individual recurve open: The 2020 Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Harvinder Singh is all set to take on Chinese Taipei’s Tseng Lung-Hui.
A win will ensure the Indian a spot in the pre-quarterfinals. The match is expected to start at 5.49 pm IST.
Powerlifting, men's upto 49kg: Paramjeet Kumar finishes ninth out of tenth. Jordan’s Omar Qarada takes the gold with a 181kg lift, Turkey’s Abdullah Kayapinar takes silver with 180kg and Vietnam’s Cong Van Le takes bronze with 171kg.
Athletics, women's shotput F46 final: Amisha Rawat did manage to put up her best effort, with a personal best throw of 9.25m, but unfortunately that was not good enough compared to her opponents. She finishes 14th out of 15 athletes in her event.
Powerlifting, men's upto 49kg: Kumar fails to lift 161kg in his third attempt. His best lift is still his first at 150kg.
Powerlifting, men's upto 49kg: Kumar is down to ninth as the gulf widens between the top three spots. Jordan’s Omar Qarada is in gold position with a best lift of 177kg, Turkey’s Abdullah Kayipnar is in the second spot at 176kg while Vietname’s Cong Van Le is in the third spot with a best lift of 171kg.
Powerlifting, men's upto 49kg: Kumar fails to lift his second attempt at 157kg.
Powerlifting, men's upto 49kg: India's Parmjeet Kumar won his ticket to Paris after winning a silver medal in this year’s Para Powerlifting World Cup. After his first lift, he is on the top spot with a successful lift of 150kg.
Athletics, women's shotput F46 final: Amisha Rawat throws her personal best of 9.25m in her first attempt. Decent attempt but she will likely have to do much better for a chance at a podium finish.
Still, long way to go in this contest.
Athletics, women's shotput F46 final: Amisha Rawat up next in the women's shotput final.
Table tennis, women's singles WS4, quarter-final: It wasn't to be for Bhavina Patel, as the Tokyo silver medallist loses to China's Zhou Ying 12-14, 9-11, 11-8, 6-11 in the women's singles WS4 quarter-final.
Shooting, mixed 50m pistol SH1 Qualification: Not the result one was hoping for India in shooting. Both Nihal Singh and Rudransh Khandelwal fail to qualify after finishing 19th and 22nd respectively. Singh finished with a total score of 522-6x while Khandelwal finished with 517-6x.
Athletics, men's shotput F36 final: Sachin Khilari opens India's account for today with a silver medal finish. His second attempt of 16.32m saw him set the new Asian record, as well as clinch a spot on the Paris Podium.
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— The Field (@thefield_in) September 4, 2024
World Champion and Asian Games gold medalist Sachin Sarjerao Khilari wins SILVER in men's shot put F46 🥈
And the medals keep coming in track and field for India! 👏🏼https://t.co/xPubJOYUXO pic.twitter.com/dvYlgR7cW2
Table tennis, women's singles WS4, quarter-final: Silver medallist from last time Bhavinaben Patel, the world No 4 takes on China's Ying Zhou, the world No 5.
Athletics, men's shotput F36 final: Massive throw from Sachin Khilari, as he sets the new Asian record with his second attempt, measuring 16.32m.
Cycling (road), women's C1-3 individual time trial: Jyoti Gaderiya finishes in 16th place with a time of 30:00.16.
Shooting, mixed 50m pistol SH1 Qualification: In action at the Chateauroux are Nihal Singh and Rudransh Khandelwal. The duo will be hoping to finish in the top eight to secure a spot in the final.
Athletics, men's shot put F36 final: Mohd Yasser, Rohit Kumar and Sachin Khilari will compete in this event, which could provide India its first medals for today. The event starts at 1:35 pm.
Cycling (road), women's C1-3 individual time trial: Jyoti Gaderiya begins her race.
Cycling (road), men's C2 individual time trial: India's Arshad Shaik finishes last, 11th place, in the race that covers 14.1 km, with a time of 25:20.11.
Cycling (road), men's C2 individual time trial: India's Arshad Shaik is the first from the contingent to be in action today.
China continues to dominate at the top of the medal tally with 115 medals in total, including 53 gold.
India is in 19th place with 20 medals – three gold, seven silver and 10 bronze.
Hello and welcome to Scroll’s coverage of Day 7 of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
On Tuesday, India reached the 20-medal mark for the first time in an edition of the Paralympics, surpassing the tally from Tokyo.
On Day 7 in Paris, the numbers are expected to increase.
As the powerlifting events begin, there are podium places up for grabs in athletics, with the men’s shot put F46 and men’s club throw F51 seeing three Indians each competing.
Bronze medallist from Tokyo in the men’s individual open recurve archery event Harvinder Singh will also be competing today.
Stay tuned for live updates from all the action.
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