Paris Paralympics 2024, Day 8, Highlights: Kapil wins bronze in judo, Harvinder-Pooja pair loses bronze medal match in archery

India’s Arvind finishes sixth in men’s shot put F35 final with a best effort of 13.01m.

Uzbekistan’s Khusniddin Norbekov wins gold with a new Paralympic Record of 16.82m.

Arvind is fourth in the order of participation.

He begins with an opening throw of 11.79m, a new Season’s Best. He is sixth amongst the eight finalists after first round.

Arvind’s second attempt goes as far as 12.34m and he improves his Season’s Best but stays sixth.

The Indian’s third-round throw is measured at 13.01m. For the third straight throw, a new SB.

In fourth round, Arvind comes up with 12.85m. That streak of setting new SBs with every throw has ended. 

Penultimate attempt for Arvind and it’s a throw of 12.71m this time.

Final attempt - Foul.

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)

Bronze - Kapil Parmar - Men’s -60kg J1 (Para Judo)

Arvind will be in action in men’s shot put F35 final from 12:02AM IST.

Ashok fails to lift 206kg in the third and final round. His best effort remains 199kg from the second round and he finishes sixth in the men’s 65kg final.

India’s Simran finishes last amongst the four finalists in women’s 100m T12 final. Simran clocks 12.31s. Cuba’s Omara Durand Elias, the world record-holder, wins gold with a timing of 11.81s.

Only four finalists in this event. Other than Simran (Guide - Abhay Singh), these are the other three athletes:

Ukraine’s Oksana Boturchuk (Guide - Mykyta Barabanov)

Germany’s Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt (Guide - Noel-Philippe Fiener)

Cuba’s Omara Durand Elias (Guide - Yuniol Kindelan Vargas)

India’s Ashok has successfully lifted 196kg and 199kg in his first two attempts. He is currently placed sixth.

Ashok will be in action in Men’s up to 65kg Final in Para Powerlifting from 10:05PM IST.

10:05PM IST - Para Powerlifting - Men’s up to 65kg Final - Ashok 

10:47PM IST - Para Athletics - Women’s 100m T12 Final - Simran

11:49PM IST - Para Athletics - Men’s Shot Put - F35 Final - Arvind

A heartbreaking 4-5 (33-30, 29-34, 38-33, 29-34, 17-19) loss in the shoot-off for India’s Harvinder Singh and Pooja in the bronze medal match against Slovenia’s Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic.

Harvinder Singh and Pooja face Slovenia’s Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic in the bronze medal match.

FIRST SET.

Pooja - 8, 8

Harvinder - 9, 8

INDIA - 33

Ziva - 8, 8

Dejan - 7, 7

SLOVENIA - 30

India wins the first set 33-30 and leads 2-0.

SECOND SET.

Pooja - 5, 8

Harvinder - 6, 10

INDIA - 29

Ziva - 8, 9

Dejan - 8, 9

SLOVENIA - 34

Slovenia wins the second set 34-29 and squares things up at 2-2.

THIRD SET.

Pooja - 9, 10

Harvinder - 10, 9

INDIA - 38

Ziva - 8, 8

Dejan - 10, 7

SLOVENIA - 33

India takes the third set 38-33 and leads 4-2. One set to go where a tie will be enough for India to seal the bronze medal.

FOURTH SET.

Pooja - 7, 5

Harvinder - 9, 8

INDIA - 29

Ziva - 9, 8

Dejan - 7, 10

SLOVENIA - 34

Slovenia wins the fourth set 34-29 and ties the score at 4-4. We are on to a shoot-off!

Pooja - 9

Harvinder - 8

INDIA - 17

Ziva - 10

Dejan - 9

SLOVENIA - 19

Slovenia takes the bronze medal, winning the shoot-off 19-17.

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)

Bronze - Kapil Parmar - Men’s -60kg J1 (Para Judo)

Kapil Parma takes on Brazil’s Elielton de Oliveira in the men’s -60kg J1 bronze medal contest.

And the Indian executes the Ippon in 33 seconds to end the contest and take the bronze medal!!!! 

It is India’s 25th medal at the ongoing edition.

Harvinder Singh and Pooja lose 2-6 to Italy’s Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani in the mixed team recurve open semifinals.

The Indians will face either Turkiye or Slovenia in the bronze medal match later tonight.

FIRST SET.

Pooja - 8, 6

Harvinder - 9, 8

INDIA - 31

Elisabetta - 9, 8

Stefano - 10, 9

ITALY - 36

Italy takes the opening set 36-31 and leads 2-0.

SECOND SET.

Pooja - 5, 8

Harvinder - 7, 8

INDIA - 28

Elisabetta - 10, 10

Stefano - 10, 10

ITALY - 40

Perfect set from Italy - 40-28 - and it leads 4-0.

THIRD SET.

Pooja - 9, 10

Harvinder - 9, 9

INDIA - 37

Elisabetta - 9, 10

Stefano - 7, 9

ITALY - 35

India wins the set 37-35 and makes it 2-4. One set to go which India has to win to take this contest to a shoot-off.

FOURTH SET.

Pooja - 8, 10

Harvinder - 9, 10

INDIA - 37

Elisabetta - 9, 10 

Stefano - 9, 10

ITALY - 38

Italy wins a tight set 38-37 and with that, the match 6-2.

India will have a chance to fight for the bronze medal.

7:50PM IST - India vs Italy

8:10PM IST - Turkiye vs Slovenia

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Paralympics 2024, Archery HIGHLIGHTS: Harvinder-Pooja duo finishes fourth in mixed team recurve open

Paralympics 2024 updates: Here’s the score, highlights and coverage of the Paris Paralympics’ shooting events of September 5.

The evening session in Para Judo has begun. Kapil’s bronze medal bout against Brazil’s Elielton de Oliveira is fifth on the schedule.

India’s Harvinder Singh and Pooja will take on Italy’s Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani in the mixed team recurve open semifinals at 7:50PM IST.

The Italian pair has just defeated Indonesia’s Setiawan and Wahyu Retno Wulandari 5-3 in the quarterfinals.

7:30PM IST - Para Judo - Men -60 kg J1 Bronze Medal Contest B - Kapil Parmar vs Elielton de Oliveira (BRA)

7:50PM IST - Para Archery - Mixed Team Recurve Open Semifinals - Harvinder Singh/Pooja

8:45PM IST onwards - Para Archery - Mixed Team Recurve Open, Medal Rounds - Harvinder Singh/Pooja

10:05PM IST - Para Powerlifting - Men’s up to 65kg Final - Ashok 

10:47PM IST - Para Athletics - Women’s 100m T12 Final - Simran

11:49PM IST - Para Athletics - Men’s Shot Put - F35 Final - Arvind

A comfortable 6-0 win for India’s Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan over Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek and Milena Olszewska takes them to the semifinals. 

The Indians will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Indonesia’s Setiawan and Wahyu Retno Wulandari and Italy’s Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani for a place in the final.

FIRST SET.

Pooja - 8, 8

Harvinder - 10, 9

INDIA - 35 

Milena - 10, 9

Lukasz - 7, 6

POLAND - 32

India wins first set 35-32 and leads 2-0.

SECOND SET.

Pooja - 7, 10

Harvinder - 9, 7

INDIA - 33

Milena - 9, 8

Lukasz - 7, 8

POLAND - 32

India takes the second set 33-32 and leads 4-0. One point from the remaining two sets will do for the Indian pair.

THIRD SET.

Pooja - 10, 9

Harvinder - 8, 9

INDIA - 36

Milena - 7, 8

Lukasz - 9, 8 

POLAND - 32

India wins the third set 36-32 and cruises to a 6-0 victory. Harvinder and Pooja are through to the semifinals and will have two shots at winning a medal.

While we wait for Harvinder and Pooja to compete, their fellow archer had made history at the Paralympics a few days ago

Sheetal Devi became India’s youngest Paralympic medallist at the age of 17 years 7 months 23 days

News:Sheetal Devi became India’s youngest Paralympic medallist at the age of 17 years 7 months 23 days

Kokila falls 0-10 to her Ukranian opponent in the women’s 48kg J2 repechage final, bringing an end to her campaign.

Harvinder and Pooja will compete in the quarterfinal of mixed team recurve open. 

Kapil and Kokila will take part in Para Judo, with Kapil fighting for the bronze while Kokila taking part in the repechage round. 

Simran will run in the women’s 100m T12 final.

22:05 - Para Powerlifting - Men’s up to 65kg Final - Ashok

23:49 - Para Athletics - Men’s Shot Put - F35 Final - Arvind

Kapil Parmar loses 0-10 against the Iranian in the men’s 60kg J1 semifinals. He will fight for the bronze medal. 

Simran qualifies for the final of women’s 100m T12. 

She came second in the semifinal with a timing of 12.33 seconds. 

Simran is live in action in women’s 100m T12 semifinals. 

She is guided by Abhay Singh on lane 6.

Simran is next in women’s 100m T12 semifinal. 

Harvinder Singh - GOLD - Men’s Individual recurve open

Sachin Khilari - SILVER - Men’s shotput F46

Dharambir - GOLD - Men’s club throw F51

Pranav Soorma - SILVER - Men’s club throw F51

Dharambir’s gold was the country’s fifth at the Paris Paralympics, equalling that of Tokyo.

In the repechage round later today, India’s Kokila will face Ukraine’s Yuliyaa Ivanytska in the women’s 48kg J2 final. If Kokila wins, she will secure a bronze medal.

Kapil Parmar takes on Seyed Abadi of Iran in the men’s 60kg J1 semifinal. A win will guarantee a medal. 

The Indian beats the Venezuelan 10-0 in the men’s 60kg J1 quarterfinal. He is through the semifinal!

Kapil Parmar takes on Venezuela’s Marcos Blanco in the Men 60 kg J1 Quarterfinals.

India’s Kokila loses 0-10 in the women’s 48kg J2 quarterfinal. She will get another chance in the repechage round.

The Indian duo beat Australia 15-5 in the shootoff after squandering a 4-0 lead they had in the mixed team recurve open 1/8 elimination round. 

They held their nerve in the shootoff to make it to the quarterfinal.

India’s Kokila takes on Ukraine’s Nauatbek in Women 48 kg J2 Quarterfinals.

Shootoff underway! Each archer gets an arrow

India first. Harvinder starts with a 9. The Australian gets a 5. 

Pooja with a 6. Australia misses the target! INDIA WINS!!

IND 15-5 AUS SO

The score is even! Australia take the fourth set 33-24. Set score reads 4-4. 

Australia fight back and win the third set 33-27. 

Next set to India! They edge the Australian duo 35-24 with a solitary 10 from Harvinder.

India takes the lead after beating Australia 31-18 in the first set. Not a single 10 so far.. 

Gold-medallist Harvinder Singh pairs up with Pooja for the Mixed Team Recurve Open 1/8 Elimination Match against Australia.

With a score of 615.8 and an average of 10.263, Sidhartha ends his campaign ahead of Mona, who finishes with a score of 610.5 and an average of 10.175.

Sidhartha- 22nd

Mona- 30th

Neither qualify for the final.. 

Mona: 10.4, 10.2, 10.2, 10.3, 9.3, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.6, 10.2 = 102.4

Sidhartha: 10.5, 10.2, 10.6, 10.0, 10.6, 10.1, 10.5, 10.2, 10.1, 10.6 = 103.4

As things stand, Mona Agarwal and Sidhartha Babu may not make it to the final of the mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1. They have to finish in the Top 8 to qualify but are currently 30th and 22nd respectively.

Mona: 9.9, 9.5, 10.6, 10.6, 10.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.7, 10.6, 10.2 = 101.7

Sidhartha: 10.5, 10.5, 9.7, 10.1, 10.6, 10.3, 10.0, 10.0, 10.1, 9.9 = 101.7

Mona: 9.7, 10.0, 10.1, 10.1, 9.9, 9.9, 10.2, 10.7, 10.7, 10.6 = 101.9

Sidhartha: 10.6, 10.5, 10.6, 9.9, 10.5, 10.5, 10.8, 10.8, 10.0, 10.4 = 104.6

Mona: 9.5, 10.5, 9.8, 10.0, 9.2, 9.5, 10.2, 10.1, 10.4, 10.0 = 99.2

Sidhartha: 10.2, 10.0, 10.3, 10.3, 10.5, 10.1, 10.4, 10.2, 10.4, 10.7 = 103.1

After three series, Sidhartha jumps ahead of Mona with an average of 10.203 and score of 306.1

Mona: 10.3, 10.2, 9.9, 10.4, 9.3, 10.4, 10.2, 10.2, 10.1, 9.8 = 100.8

Sidhartha: 10.5, 10.3, 10.1, 10.3, 9.7, 10.0, 10.3, 10.2, 10.2, 10.4 = 102.0

Mona: 10.6, 10.7, 9.8, 10.6, 10.5, 9.9, 10.7, 10.4, 10.8, 10.5 = 104.5

Sidhartha: 10, 9.8, 9.6, 10.5, 10.3, 10.5, 9.7, 10.2, 10.7, 9.7 = 101

The R6 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification round will see Sidhartha Babu and Mona Agarwal in action. 

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of action from Day 8 of the Paris Paralympics 2024. Stay tuned as we take you through all the Indians in action today!