Sheetal Devi of Team India competes in the Women’s Individual Compound Open Ranking round on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Esplanade Des Invalides on August 29, 2024, in Paris, France. India’s armless archer Sheetal Devi finished second in the women’s individual compound open ranking round with a stunning performance to…
Track cyclist Caroline Groot of the Netherlands won the first gold medal of the Paralympic Games on Thursday- (August 29, 2024). Groot won the final of the C4 and C5 classifications in the 500-meter time trial in womenâs track cycling. It was the first medal event of the Games that opened with a spectacular ceremony…
Great Britain men’s wheelchair basketball captain Philip Pratt said his return to Paralympic action was “very emotional” as he led his country to a convincing opening win in Paris, after missing the Tokyo Games for mental health reasons. The 30-year-old Welshman won a bronze medal with Britain in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, but chose…
Suhas Yathiraj. | Photo Credit: ANI Have a look at the events in which Indians will be seen in action at the Paralympic Games in Paris on August 30, 2024. Para Badminton Women’s singles SL3 Group Stage A match 2: Manasi Joshi 12:00 . Men’s singles SL4 Group Stage A match 2: Suhas Yathiraj 12:40….
Nitesh Kumar practices on the courts at La Chapelle Arena in preparation for the Badminton competition at Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on August 27, 2024, in Paris, France. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s Nitesh Kumar dished out a superlative performance, thrashing China’s Yang Jianyuan in straight games in his second men’s singles…
Be it the Olympics or the Paralympics, shooting has seen encouraging results for the Indian contingent at the Paris Summer Games. Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal and Manish Narwal all made the podium on the first day of shooting on Friday. Avani became the first Indian to claim successive Paralympic gold medals, defending her womenâs 10m…
Bronze medalist, Preethi Pal of Team India, celebrates following the Womenâs 100m T35 Final on day two of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on August 30, 2024, in Paris, France. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s Preethi Pal won a bronze medal in the women’s T35 100m event with a…
Three students from Chandigarh University are representing India at the Paris Paralympic Games 2024, which is underway since August 28 and concludes on September 8. Bringing laurels both to CU and India, Aruna Tanwar in taekwondo, Palak Kohli in badminton and Yash Kumar in kayaking delivered back-to-back power-packed performances in national and international sports competitions,…
Shooter Manish Narwal wins Paralympic silver in men’s 10m air pistol (SH1) event on August 30 | Photo Credit: Reuters Tokyo Games gold medallist shooter Manish Narwal fought hard before settling for silver in the men’s 10m air pistol (SH1) event at the Paris Paralympics here on Friday (August 30, 2024). The 22-year-old Narwal, who…
In his Independence Day address from Red Fort to the country, this August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that it was Indiaâs dream to host the 2036 Olympic Games, adding that preparations were being made for this. This is an audacious announcement to say the least. India has never hosted the Olympics before. India has…
