Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 9 Live Updates: Praveen Kumar eyes medal in men’s high jump, Simran returns to action in women’s 200m | Sport-others News
India at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games LIVE Updates: India have taken their overall tally at the Paris Paralympics to 25 – six more than the country won in Tokyo three years ago, and on Friday, they will have a chance to add to it. India will be banking on Tokyo Games silver medal Praveen Kumar in the men’s high jump T64 final. India’s track and field athlete Simran, who came agonisingly close to win a medal and finished fourth in the Women’s 100m T12 will be in action in the Women’s 200 T12 event. Accompanied her guide Abhay Singh, Simran clocked 12.31 seconds in the 100m final. If she comes through her Round 1 and semifinal races on Friday, the Indian contingent will be hoping for another horic medal on Saturday.
In the men’s javelin throw F54 final, Dipesh Kumar will be in action. In women’s javelin throw F46 final, Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary will take to the field. In men’s shot put F57 final, Soman Rana and Hokato Hotozhe Sema will be in action. Sema had finished 4th at the Worlds earlier this year. In para powerlifting, Kasthuri Rajmani will be in action in women’s 67 kg final. Para caneoe events also get underway today for the Indian contingent as we near the finish line in Paris.
On Thursday, India’s 25th medal was won Kapil Parmar, who made hory winning India’s first-ever Para Judo medal at the Paralympics, defeating Elielton de Oliveira of Brazil with an Ippon. But India came close to adding two more medals but missed out. Apart from Simran, the other 4th place finish came in archry. To close off archery proceedings at Invalides. Harvinder Singh, who won India’s first-ever gold in Archery at the Games on Wednesday, had a shot at another medal alongside Pooja in the mixed team recurve event. They defeated Australia and Poland to reach the semifinals but lost against seeds Italy for a spot in the final. In the bronze medal match, they had a strong chance to beat Slovenia in the fourth set, but after squandering it, they lost in a shootoff.
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