Members of the public pose in fron of the Paralympic logo previews around Paris ahead of the Paralympic Games in Paris.
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Javelin throw star Sumit Antil and shot-putter Bhagyashri Jadhav led the Indian contingent out in the athletes’ parade of the Paralympic Games’ opening ceremony, a four-hour long spectacle which began at the Champs-Elysees avenue and concluded at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open. The 179-strong Indian contingent, which is the largest ever in the nation’s Paralympic history, features 84 athletes in 12 different sports.
Indians in action
Badminton: Mixed doubles SL3-SU5: Group Stage – Nitesh Kumar/T. Murugesan & LY Suhas Yathiraj/Palak Kohli. 12.00pm.
Mixed doubles SH6 Group Stage: Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre) 12:40pm.
Women’s singles SL3 Group Stage: Mandeep Kaur, Manasi Joshi 2:00pm.
Men’s singles SL4 Group Stage: Sukant Kadam 2:40pm.
Men’s singles SL4 Group Stage: LY Suhas, Tarun 3:20pm.
Men’s singles SL3 Group Stage: Nitesh Kumar & Manoj Sarkar) 4:00pm.
Women’s singles SL4 Group Stage: Palak Kohli 4:40pm.
Women’s singles SU5 Group Stage: Thulasimathi Murugesan 5:20pm.
Women’s singles SU5 Group Stage: Manisha Ramadass 7:30pm.
Men’s singles SH6 Group Stage: Sivarajan Solaimalai 7:30pm.
Women’s singles SH6 Group Stage: Nithya Sre 7:30pm.
Mixed doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Nitesh Kumar & Thulasimathi Murugesan 8:10pm.
Mixed doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: LY Suhas & Palak Kohli 8:50pm.
Para cycling Women’s C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying: Jyoti Gaderiya 4:25pm.
Women’s C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Final – Bronze (Jyoti Gaderiya)* 7:54pm.
Women’s C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit – Gold (Jyoti Gaderiya)* 8:11pm.
Para archery Women’s Individual Compound Open Ranking Round: Sheetal Devi (ST category), Sarita (W2 category) 4:30pm.
Men’s Individual Recurve Open Ranking Round: Harvinder Singh (ST category) 4:30pm.
Men’s Individual Compound Open Ranking Round: Rakesh Kumar (W2 category), Shyam Sundar Swami (ST category), Women’s Individual Recurve Open Ranking Round – Pooja (ST category) 8:30pm.
Para taekwondo Women K44-47 kg Round of 16: Aruna 1:30pm.
Women K44-47 kg Quarterfinals Aruna 3:40pm.
Women K44-47 kg Repechage: Aruna* 8:30pm.
Women K44-47 kg Semifinal Aruna* 9:34pm.
Women K44-47 kg Bronze Medal: Aruna* 10:40pm.
Women K44-47 kg Gold Medal: Aruna* 00:04am (Friday).
