Paris Paralympics 2024, Day 7 Highlights: Dharambir, Pranav make it Indian one-two in men’s club throw F51; Harvinder wins first-ever gold in archery, Sachin clinches silver in men’s shot put F46

Gold - Avani Lekhara - R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Para Shooting)

Gold - Nitesh Kumar - Men’s Singles SL3 (Para Badminton)

Gold - Sumit Antil - Men’s Javelin Throw - F64 (Para Athletics)

Gold - Harvinder Singh - Men’s Individual Recurve Open (Para Archery)

Gold - Dharambir - Men’s Club Throw F51 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Ajeet Singh - Men’s Javelin Throw - F46 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Yogesh Kathuniya - Men’s Discus Throw - F56 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Sachin Khilari - Men’s Shot Put - F46 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Sharad Kumar - Men’s High Jump - T63 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Thulasimathi Murugesan - Women’s Singles SU5 (Para Badminton)

Silver - Manish Narwal - P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Para Badminton)

Silver - Nishad Kumar - Men’s High Jump T47 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Suhas Yathiraj - Men’s Singles SL4 (Para Badminton)

Silver - Pranav Soorma - Men’s Club Throw F51 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Preethi Pal - Women’s 100m - T35 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Preethi Pal - Women’s 200m - T35 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Mona Agarwal - R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Para Shooting)

Bronze - Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar - Mixed Team Compound Open (Para Archery)

Bronze - Rubina Francis - P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Para Shooting)

Bronze - Sundar Singh Gurjar - Men’s Javelin Throw - F46 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Deepthi Jeevanji - Women’s 400m - T20 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Manisha Ramadass - Women’s Singles SU5 (Para Badminton)

Bronze - Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan - Women’s Singles SH6 (Para Badminton)

Bronze - Mariyappan Thangavelu - Men’s High Jump - T63 (Para Athletics)

Last participant, Czechia’s Michal Enge, finishes ninth with a best attempt of 28.32m.

It is another double-podium for India. Dharambir wins India’s fifth gold at the ongoing edition, setting a new Asian Record of 34.92m, while Pranav Soorma takes silver with 34.59m.

Amit Kumar Saroha, the third Indian in the fray, finishes last with 23.96m.

India has won 24 medals - five gold, nine silver and 10 bronze - at the Paris Paralympics. While the country has already gone past its best medal-haul at a single edition - 19 in Tokyo three years ago - it has also matched the number of gold medals won at the previous edition.

Serbia’s Filip Graovac, the second-last participant, manages a best throw of 32.21m from his third attempt but that’s only good enough to take him to fourth position.

With just Czechia’s Michal Enge left, two medals are confirmed for India!

Slovakia’s Marian Kureja’s best attempt is 29.30s and he goes past Amit Kumar Saroha into seventh place. With just Filip Graovac (Serbia) and Michal Enge (Czechia) left, at least a bronze is confirmed for India.

Aleksandar Radisic (Serbia) is currently in action. After him, only three more participants are left. It’s looking more and more likely that India is set to win at least one, if not two, medals in this event tonight. 

Radisic finishes with a best attempt of 31.32m which takes him past Amit into sixth spot.

Remaining three participants are Marian Kureja (Slovakia), Filip Graovac (Serbia) and Michal Enge (Czechia) and none of them have a personal best anywhere close to 34m.

Five participants are done. Five more to go in this men’s club throw F51 final, starting with India’s Amit Kumar. Currently, his compatriots - Dharambir (34.92m) and Pranav Soorma (34.59m) - occupy the top two spots. Can he join them?

Amit - X, 21.49m, X, 23.96m, X, X

A rather disappointing performance from Amit who struggled to get the ideal grip on the club.

After Harvinder’s gold medal in para archery, India has jumped to 15th spot on the medals table. China’s leads with 59 gold medals.

Three out of 10 participants are done with their six throws and India’s Dharambir continues to stay at the top with his best throw of 34.92m, a new Asian Record, which came in his fifth attempt.

In action now is Pranav Soorma. 

Pranav - 34.59m, 34.19m, X, 34.50m, 33.90m, 33.70m

Gold - Avani Lekhara - R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Para Shooting)

Gold - Nitesh Kumar - Men’s Singles SL3 (Para Badminton)

Gold - Sumit Antil - Men’s Javelin Throw - F64 (Para Athletics)

Gold - Harvinder Singh - Men’s Individual Recurve Open (Para Archery)

Silver - Ajeet Singh - Men’s Javelin Throw - F46 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Yogesh Kathuniya - Men’s Discus Throw - F56 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Sachin Khilari - Men’s Shot Put - F46 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Sharad Kumar - Men’s High Jump - T63 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Thulasimathi Murugesan - Women’s Singles SU5 (Para Badminton)

Silver - Manish Narwal - P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Para Badminton)

Silver - Nishad Kumar - Men’s High Jump T47 (Para Athletics)

Silver - Suhas Yathiraj - Men’s Singles SL4 (Para Badminton)

Bronze - Preethi Pal - Women’s 100m - T35 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Preethi Pal - Women’s 200m - T35 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Mona Agarwal - R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Para Shooting)

Bronze - Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar - Mixed Team Compound Open (Para Archery)

Bronze - Rubina Francis - P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Para Shooting)

Bronze - Sundar Singh Gurjar - Men’s Javelin Throw - F46 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Deepthi Jeevanji - Women’s 400m - T20 (Para Athletics)

Bronze - Manisha Ramadass - Women’s Singles SU5 (Para Badminton)

Bronze - Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan - Women’s Singles SH6 (Para Badminton)

Bronze - Mariyappan Thangavelu - Men’s High Jump - T63 (Para Athletics)

In the bronze medal, Iran’s Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri easily won 6-0 (28-25, 26-23, 25-24) against Australia’s Kenton Taymon-Smith. 

Now, it’s time for the gold medal match between India’s Harvinder Singh world no. 12, and Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek, world no. 35.

FIRST SET.

Harvinder - 9, 10, 9. Total - 28

Ciszek - 9, 7, 8. Total - 24

Confident start for Harvinder as he wins the opening set 28-24 and takes a 2-0 lead.

SECOND SET.

Harvinder - 9, 9, 10. Total - 28

Ciszek - 9, 9, 9. Total - 27

Clutch shooting from Harvinder to take the second set 28-27 and take a 4-0 lead.

THIRD SET.

Harvinder - 10, 10, 9. Total - 29

Ciszek - 7, 9, 9. Total - 25

He had done it!!!!! A sensational performance from Harvinder to win the third set 29-25 and seal a brilliant 6-0 win.

Simran wins the opening heat of women’s 100m T12 with a season’s best timing of 12.17s to qualify for the semifinals which will take place tomorrow at 3:10PM IST.

The final will be held later tomorrow at 10:47PM IST.

India’s Dharambir, Pranav Soorma and Amit Kumar are three of the 10 competitors in the men’s club throw F51 final. 

Dharambir will start the competition. Pranav is 4th and Amit is 6th in the throwing order.

Dharambir - X (Foul), X, X, X, 34.92m (Asian Record), 31.59m

Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek beats Australia’s Taymon Kenton-Smith 6-2 (28-26, 26-25, 24-25, 28-25) in the second semifinals.

Here’s the final line-up for the medal matches:

Bronze Medal Match: Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri (IRI) vs Taymon Kenton-Smith (AUS) - 10:57PM IST

Gold medal match: Harvinder Singh (IND) vs Lukasz Ciszek (POL) - 11:14PM IST

Sensational performance under pressure from Harvinder Singh to beat Iran’s Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri 7-3. He becomes the first-ever Indian archer to reach a final at the Paralympic Games.

Harvinder will face the winner of the second semifinal between Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek and Taymon Kenton-Smith of Australia for the gold medal.

The final will be held at 11:14PM IST.

FIRST SET

Harvinder - 8, 7, 10. Total - 25

Arab Ameri - 9, 8, 9. Total - 26

Arab Ameri grabs the first set 26-25 but Harvinder will be happy with that last shot going into the second set. The Iranian leads 2-0.

SECOND SET.

Harvinder - 9, 9, 9. Total - 27

Arab Ameri - 8, 10, 9. Total - 27

A tied set and Arab Ameri leads 3-1.

THIRD SET.

Harvinder - 9, 8, 10. Total - 27

Arab Ameri - 7, 9, 9. Total - 25

Clutch shooting from Harvinder once again as he wins the set 27-25 and levels the score at 3-3.

FOURTH SET.

Harvinder - 8, 8, 10. Total - 26

Arab Ameri - 7, 9, 8. Total - 24

And Harvinder wins the set 26-24 to lead 5-3.

FIFTH SET.

Harvinder - 9, 9, 8. Total - 26

Arab Ameri - 10, 8, 7. Total - 25

Tied set and that means, Harvinder Singh wins 6-4. Wait, Arab Ameri’s last shot has been downgraded to a 7 which means Harvinder wins the set 26-25 and seals a 7-3 win.

10:08PM IST - Harvinder Singh (IND) vs Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri (IRI)

10:25 PM IST - Lukasz Ciszek (POL) vs Taymon Kenton-Smith (AUS)

10:08PM IST - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Semifinals - Harvinder Singh vs Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri (Iran)

10:50PM IST - Para Athletics - Men’s Club Throw - F51 Final - Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Amit Kumar

10:57PM IST onwards - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Medal Rounds - Harvinder Singh

11:03PM IST - Para Athletics - Women’s 100m - T12 Round 1 - Simran

Sakina Khatun finishes seventh in the ‘women’s up to 45kg final’ with a successful lift of 86kg which came in the first round.

China’s Guo Lingling takes the gold as she lifts 122kg in the final round to smash her own World Record of 121kg set earlier this year in Dubai.

Clutch shooting from Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Harvinder Singh takes him to the semifinals in Paris with a 6-2 victory over Colombia’s Hector Julio Ramirez. He will take on Iran’s Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri at 10:08PM IST for a place in the final.

Harvinder Singh, the bronze medallist from Tokyo 2020, faces Colombia’s Hector Julio Ramirez in the men’s individual recurve open quarterfinals. The winner of this match will face Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri in the semifinals.

FIRST SET.

Harvinder - 9, 8, 8. Total - 25

Ramirez - 8, 9, 8. Total - 25

First set ends in a tie and the score is 1-1.

SECOND SET.

Harvinder - 9, 9, 10. Total - 28

Ramirez - 7, 8, 9. Total - 24

An easy set win - 28-24 - for Harvinder and he takes a 3-1 lead.

THIRD SET.

Harvinder - 9, 8, 10. Total - 27

Ramirez - 10, 8, 9. Total - 27

Another tied set and Harvinder now leads 4-2. Two sets to go.

FOURTH SET.

Harvinder - 9, 7, 10. Total -26 

Ramirez - 9, 8, 8. Total - 25

Harvinder wins the set 26-25 and with it, the match 6-2 to progress to the semifinals for the second straight Paralympics.

Sakina has submitted 90kg as the weight for second round. And this time, two judges give red light while one gives white which means it is a no lift. For now, Sakina stays 6th.

Kazakhstan’s Tursynay Kabyl, who had a ‘no lift’ in the first round, is successful this time in lifting 95kg and she moves past Sakina into 6th place.

Yet again, China’s Guo Lingling sets a new Paralympic Record, this time with a successful lift of 118kg. Incredible stuff.

Sakina Khatun, who lifted 86kg in her 1st attempt, is currently placed sixth amongst nine participants.

China’s Guo lingling, the world record-holder, breaks the Paralympic Record. With a successful lift of 113kg, she goes past the previous mark of 108kg set by compatriot Hu Dandan in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Nine competitors in the women’s up to 45kg final. Only the bench press is involved in para powerlifting.

Sakina will begin by lifting 86kg, the third lowest weight submitted in the first round.

Two out of three judges give her white light (lift successful) while one gives red (no lift) which means her first lift is successful and she provisionally goes to the top of the leaderboard.

India’s Sakina Khatun will be in action Para Powerlifting (women’s up to 45kg final) from 8:30PM IST.

Stay tuned for more updates!

8:30PM IST - Powerlifting - Women’s up to 45kg Final - Sakina Khatun

9:17PM IST - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Quarterfinal - Harvinder Singh vs Hector Julio Ramirez (Colombia)

10:08PM IST onwards - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Semifinals - Harvinder Singh (Subject to qualification)

10:50PM IST - Para Athletics - Men’s Club Throw - F51 Final - Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Amit Kumar

10:57PM IST onwards - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Medal Rounds - Harvinder Singh (Subject to qualification)

11:03PM IST - Para Athletics - Women’s 100m - T12 Round 1 - Simran

Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Harvinder Singh will face Colombia’s Hector Julio Ramirez in the men’s individual recurve open quarterfinals today at 9:17PM IST.

Ramirez has just registered a massive 6-4 upset against top-seeded Frenchman Guillaume Toucoullet, who set a new Paralympic Record of 652 in the ranking round. 

Brilliant run for Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Harvinder Singh continues. He defeats Indonesia’s Setiawan 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals.

Harvinder will face the winner of the pre-quarterfinal between top seed and local favourite Guillaume Toucoullet and Colombia’s Hector Julio Ramirez for a place in the semifinals.

Harvinder’s quarterfinal match will be at 9:17PM IST.

Here we go. Harvinder Singh is in action again as he takes on Indonesia’s Setiawan for a place in the quarterfinals.

FIRST SET.

Harvinder - 8, 10, 9. Total - 27

Setiawan - 9, 9, 10. Total - 28

The Indonesian takes a tight first set 28-27 and leads 2-0.

SECOND SET.

Harvinder - 10, 9, 9. Total - 28

Setiawan - 7, 9, 9. Total - 25

Harvinder wins the second set convincingly - 28-25 - and makes it 2-2.

THIRD SET.

Harvinder - 10, 9, 9. Total - 28

Setiawan - 8, 9, 10. Total - 27

Harvinder wins the third set 28-27 and takes a 4-2 lead. Clutch archery from the Tokyo bronze medallist.

FOURTH SET.

Harvinder - 9, 10, 9. Total - 28

Setiawan - 9, 0, 6. Total - 15

Harvinder wins the fourth set 28-15 and takes the match 6-2. Unfortunately for Setiawan, he completely missed the target when it mattered the most in the fourth set.

India’s Harvinder Singh will face Indonesia’s Setiawan for a place in the quarterfinals. 

Setiawan has just defeated Iran’s Gholamreza Rahimi 6-4.

Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Harvinder Singh is through to 1/8 elimination round in men’s individual recurve open event with a 7-3 win over Chinese Taipei’s Tseng Lung-Hui.

Harvinder will next face the winner of the 1/16 elimination round match between Indonesia’s Setiawan and Iran’s Gholamreza Rahimi.

Harvinder’s next match is expected to start at 6:40PM IST.

Harvinder Singh is in action in para archery men’s individual recurve open 1/16 elimination round against Chinese Taipei’s Tseng Lung-Hui. The Indian had won a historic bronze medal at the previous edition in Tokyo three years ago.

FIRST SET.

Harvinder - 8, 9, 8. Total - 25

Tseng - 7, 9, 9. Total - 25

The first set ends in a tie.

SECOND SET.

Harvinder - 10, 8, 9. Total - 27

Tseng - 8, 9, 9. Total - 26

Harvinder wins second set 27-26 and takes a 3-1 lead.

THIRD SET.

Harvinder - 8, 9, 9. Total - 26

Tseng - 10, 10, 9. Total - 29

Excellent comeback from 65-year-old Tseng to win the third set 29-26 and make it 3-3.

FOURTH SET.

Harvinder - 9, 7, 8. Total - 24

Tseng - 10, 7, 6. Total - 23

Well, well, well!!! Harvinder has won a set which looked destined to go Tseng’s way. Harvinder wins 24-23 and leads 5-3 with one set to go. A tie in this set would be enough for the Indian.

FIFTH SET.

Harvinder - 8, 9, 8. Total - 25

Tseng - 0, 10, 7. Total - 17

Harvinder wins the set 25-17 and with it, the match 7-3. A bit of an anti-climactic ending with Tseng, who was shooting so well, all of a sudden hit a six and then completely missed the target with the next arrow.

17:49 - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open 1/16 Elimination - Harvinder Singh vs Tseng Lung-Hui (TPE)

18:40 - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open 1/8 Elimination - Harvinder Singh (Subject to qualification)

20:30 - Powerlifting - Women’s up to 45kg Final - Sakina Khatun

21:00 onwards - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Quarterfinals - Harvinder Singh (Subject to qualification)

22:08 onwards - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Semifinals - Harvinder Singh (Subject to qualification)

22:50 - Para Athletics - Men’s Club Throw - F51 Final - Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Amit Kumar

22:57 onwards - Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Medal Rounds - Harvinder Singh (Subject to qualification)

23:03 - Para Athletics - Women’s 100m - T12 Round 1 - Simran

“I had wanted to win the gold medal, but it did not happen. It’s my best distance but I am not satisfied. I feel I could have done better. It was not my day,” Khilari said.

“It was a tough competition and Greg Stewart is a great player. I made small mistakes in my technique. I will work harder and I hope to beat him next time.”

India’s para-archer Harvinder Singh will be in action against Tseng Lung-Hui Chinese Taipei men’s individual Recurve Open 1/16 Elimination at 17:49 PM IST. 

Stay tuned for all the live updates from Paris. 

Paramjeet finishes eighth in men’s up to 49kg final with his best lift being 150kg on his first attempt. He later attempted 157kg and 161kg but failed to lift. 

Amisha Rawat finishes in 14th place, bringing an end to her outing. She recorded a Personal Best of 9.25m but it wasn’t enough. 

Paramjeet Singh was unable to lift 157kg in Attempt 2. His third attempt will be 161kg.

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Parmjeet Kumar is competing in the Men’s up to 49kg Final. He clears his first attempt of 150kg. 

Amisha Rawat is taking part in the Women’s Shot Put F46 final. 

First throw - 9.25m (Personal Best)

Second throw - 8.72m

Tokyo silver medallist Bhavinaben Patel bows out in the quarterfinal after losing 1-3 to China’s Ying Zhou.

Rudransh Khandelwal and Nihal Singh failed to qualify in the mixed 50m pistol SH1 event. 

Nihal finished in 19th with a score of 522 with 6 inner tens while Rudransh finished 22nd with a score of 517 with 3 inner tens.

Sachin Khilari grabs a silver medal in the men’s shot put F46 final. This takes India’s medal tally to 21!

As it stands, it doesn’t look promising for the Indians in the Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Qualification with both oustide the Top 8. 

Sachin Khilari is in second with a throw of 16.32m in the Men’s Shot Put F46 Final. 

Mohd. Yasser is in 8th with a throw of 14.01m and it looks like Rohit Kumar will not be continuing his campaign after three throws. 

Rudransh: 90, 89, 87, 83, 87, 81

Nihal: 85, 84, 91, 85, 86

Rudransh: 87

Nihal: 91

Yasser - 13.53, 14.21, x, 13.96, 14.01, x

Rohit - x, 13.44, 14.10

Sachin - 14.72, 16.32, 16.15, 16.31, 16.03

Mohd. Yasser, Rohit Kumar and Sachin Khilari will be competing in the Men’s Shot Put F46 Final. 

Here’s the order in which the Indians will throw:

Yasser - 2nd

Rohit - 6th

Sachin - 9th

Rudransh: 89

Nihal: 84

Rudransh: 90

Nihal: 85

In the Women’s C1-3 Individual Time Trial, Jyoti Gaderiya crosses the line with a timing of 30:00.16, finishing in 16th place. 

Rudransh Khandelwal and Nihal Singh have begun shooting in the P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Qualification. 

The top 8 athletes from Qualification will progress to the Finals

Jyoti has set off in the Women’s C1-3 Individual Time Trial. 

Total Race Distance: 14.1 km

A tough outing for Arshad Shaik in the Men’s C2 Individual Time Trial as he finishes in 11th with a timing of 25:20.11.

Arshad Shaik is competing in the Men’s C2 Individual Time Trial.

Total race distance: 14.1 km

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of action from Day 7 of the Paris Paralympics 2024. Stay tuned as we take you through all the Indians in action today!