Paris Paralympics Day 1- Catch the latest update and highlights as Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar pair set a new world record in the Mixed Team Compound Archery ranking round.
Sheetal Devi recorded a new personal best score of 703 in the Women’s Individual Compound open ranking round on Paris Paralympics Day 1. Later, Rakesh Kumar accumulated a score of 696 in the Men’s category. The duo’s combined total of 1399 set a new world record for the Mixed Team ranking round.
India Result- Paris Paralympics Day 1
Para Badminton
Mixed doubles group stage
SL3-SU5 class: Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan beat Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli 21-14, 21-17
SH6 class: Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan lose 21-23, 11-21 to Miles Krajewski/Jayci Simon
SL3-SU5 class: Suhas Yathiraj/Palak Kohli lose 15-21, 9-21 to Lucas Mazur/Faustine Noel
SL3-SU5 class: Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan lose 15-21, 8-21 to Hikmat Ramdani/Leani Ratri Oktila
Men’s singles group stage
SL4 class: Sukant Kadam beats Mohd. Amin Burhanuddin 17-21, 21-15, 22-20
SL4 class: Suhas Yathiraj beats Hikmat Ramdani 21-7, 21-5
SL4 class: Tarun Dhillon beats Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveira 21-17, 21-19
SL3 class: Nitesh Kumar beats Manoj Kumar 21-13, 18-21, 21-18
SH6: Sivarajan Solaimalai loses 15-21, 17-21 to Subhan
Women’s singles group stage
SL3 class: Mandeep Kaur loses 8-21, 14-21 to Mariam Eniola Bolaji
SL3 class: Manasi Joshi loses 21-16, 13-21, 18-21 to Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh
SL4 class: Palak Kohli beats Milena Surreau 21-12, 21-14
SU5 class: Thulasimathi Murugesan beats Efomo Rosa de Marco 21-9, 21-11
SU5 class: Manisha Ramadass wins 8-21, 21-6, 21-19 against Maud Lefort
SH6 class: Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan beats Simon Jayci 21-7, 21-8
Para Taekwondo
Women’s K44-47kg
Aruna loses 0-19 to Nurcihan Ekinc in Round of 16
Para Cycling
Women’s C1-3 3000m individual pursuit qualifying
Jyoti Gaderiya with time of 4:53.929 in qualification. Does not qualify for medal match
Para Archery
Men’s individual recurve open ranking round
Harvinder Singh finishes 9th with a score of 637
Women’s individual compound open ranking round
Sheetal Devi finishes 2nd with a personal best score of 703, while Sarita finishes 9th (682)
Men’s individual compound open ranking round
Shyam Sundar Swami and Rakesh Kumar finish 15th and 5th respectively, with scores of 688 and 696.
Women’s individual recurve open
Pooja finishes in 7th place with a score of 585
