Paris Paralympics 2024 Live Updates Day 1: Follow live updates from all the events at Paris 2024
India at Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: After a grandiose opening ceremony on Wednesday evening in the French capital city of Paris, the 2024 Paralympic Games will kick-off on August 29, Thursday. It will be the 17th edition of the Summer Paralympic Games, two weeks after the Olympic Games came to a close.
India, having secured a record-breaking 19 medals in Tokyo Paralympic Games, will be in action across multiple events including archery, badminton, and taekwondo. The youngest member of the Indian contingent, Sheetal Devi (17), will begin India’s campaign in the para archery event.
In Badminton, the likes of Palak Kohli, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Manisha Ramdass, Sivarajan Solaimalai, and Krishna Nagar, who will be looking to defend his gold medal from Tokyo, will be in action. While Aruna Tanwar will look to make inroads to the medal rounds in para taekwondo, Jyoti Gaderiya will be eyeing qualification to the bronze or gold medal race in the para cycling C1-3 3000m individual pursuit.
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Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 1 Live: Follow all the live updates from the events at 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France
Analysing India’s medal contenders at Paris 2024 Paralympics
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 – Medal Ceremony – Asaka Shooting Range, Tokyo, Japan – August 30, 2021. Gold Medallist Avani Lekhara of India celebrates on the podium. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)
Hopes are high for the Indian contingent at the Paris Paralympics to deliver their best-ever showing at the Games, with the benchmark set in Tokyo. Three years back, India finished the Tokyo Paralympics with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver, and six bronze. As has been the case at these Games, para athletics is where once again India’s highest percentage of medals would be expected in Paris as well. But this time around, para badminton, shooting para sport and para archery too have been earmarked for significant results. (READ MORE)
