Paralympics 2024, Shooting Highlights: Rubina Francis wins bronze in Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, takes India’s tally to five medals

Indian shooters continue to show their might at the Paris Paralympics. After Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal won a gold and bronze, respectively in women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1, Manish Narwal’s silver in men’s 10m air pistol SH1 on Friday, Rubina Francis added a bronze medal to the tally by finishing third in women’s 10m air pistol SH1 on Saturday.

On Sunday, this is the schedule for Indian shooters:

1PM IST - R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification - Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhara

3PM IST - R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 Qualification - Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna

4:30PM IST - R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Final - Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhara (Subject to qualification)

6:30PM IST - R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 Final - Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna (Subject to qualification)

A 9.2 from Rubina and Aysel shoots 10.1 to take a slender 0.1 lead with one more shot left in this round. 

Aysel shoots 10.4 while Rubina only manages 8.9.

Rubina exits with a bronze medal!!!

Islamic Republic of Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi comfortably wins the final to make a hattrick of Paralympic gold medals in this event. She had won the same in Rio in 2016 and in Tokyo in 2021 as well.

Turkiye’s Aysel Ozgan, the world record-holder, takes silver.

Final Standings:

Gold - Sareh Javanmardi (IRI) - 236.8

Silver - Aysen Ozgal (TUR) - 231.1

Bronze - Rubina Francis (IND) - 211.1

A 9.5 from Rubina while Aysegul hits 8.8. In fact, the gap between Rubina and 2nd-placed Turkish shooter Aysel Ozgan is now just 0.6.

Aysel hits 8.9 while Rubina shoots 9.8.

Aysegul shoots 10.1 but that is not enough to secure a medal and she has to bow out. 

Medal confirmed for Rubina Francis!

A 9.2 from Rubina but Edon manages only 8.8. The Indian stays where she is - in the bronze medal position - for now.

Rubina shoots 10.1 and tightens her grip on the 3rd spot. She has a lead of 1.7 points lead over Turkey’s Aysegul Pehlivanlar, who is 4th.

Gaelle Edon of France has been knocked out.

A 9.7 from Rubina but she moves up to 3rd as Turkey’s Aysegul Pehlivanlar hits a terrible 7.5 and slips from 3rd to 5th.

Great from Rubina, a 10.4, and she stays 3rd.

Frenchwoman Gaelle Edon is just 0.4 behind Rubina.

Uzbek shooter Shakhnoza Mamajonova exits in 6th place.

An 8.7 from Rubina and she slips to 4th.

Her next shot is a 9.8 and she stays 4th. 

Hungary’s Krisztina David bows out in 7th place.

Rubina begins with 8.9 but stays 3rd for now. Her second shot is 9.3 and the gap between her and 5th-placed shooter is now a mere 0.5

North Macedonia’s Olivera Nakovska-Bikova has been eliminated.

A disastrous start for Rubina - an 8.4 shot. Recovers well to follow it up with a 10.0.

Closes the series with 9.8, 9.6 and 9.8

Rubina slips to third with a total of 97.6.

Next up, the elimination stage.

Rubina starts with a 10.7. Follows it up with 10.3, 10.3, 9.7 and 9.0

She is second with 50.0, just 0.1 behind Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi.

It’s time for P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 final where India’s Rubina Francis is competing.

Competition begins in five minutes.

Every shooter will have two series of five shots each which will be followed by elimination round.

In the elimination round, after every two shots, the shooter with the lowest total will be knocked out.

18:15 - Para Shooting - P2 - Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final - Rubina Francis

19:00 - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open, 1/8 Elimination - Sarita vs Eleonora Sarti (ITA)

20:59 - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open, 1/8 Elimination - Sheetal Devi vs Mariana Zuniga (CHN)

21:16 onwards - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open Quarterfinals - Sarita, Sheetal Devi (Subject to qualification)

Not before 22:10 - Para Badminton - Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group A -Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Krysten Coombs (GBR)

22:24 onwards - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open Semifinals - Sarita, Sheetal Devi (Subject to qualification)

22:38 - Para Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final - Parveen Kumar

Not before 22:50 - Para Badminton - Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group A - Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Lin Shuangbao (CHN)

23:13 onwards - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open Medal Rounds - Sarita, Sheetal Devi (Subject to qualification)

Not before 23:30 - Para Badminton - Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B - Krishna Nagar vs Natthapong Meechai (THA)

Not before 1:30 - Para Badminton - Mixed Doubles SH6 Semifinal - Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Miles Krajewski/Jayci Simon (USA)

Suhas Yathiraj and Sukant Kadam have reached the men’s singles SL4 semifinals in para badminton, which means that at least a bronze is assured for the nation.

Starts with 10, 9, 10, 10, 9. Excellent work so far.

An 8. Ouch! That might hurt her slim chances of making it to the final.

Last four shots - 9, 9, 10, 10

Rubina finishes with an overall score of 556. Now, she must wait for others to finish in order to find out if she has qualified or not. It’s close!

Rubina Francis finishes 6th and qualifies for women’s 10m air pistol SH1 qualification final which will be held later today at 6:15PM IST.

Great start to the fifth series for Rubina - 10, 9, 10, 10, 9.

This is a fantastic late charge from the Indian. 

Second half of the series - 10, 9, 10, 9, 9.

Series score - 95. Her overall score is 462 and she has moved up to 8th!!

An 8 to begin the fourth series. Not the ideal start for Rubina.

Follows it up three 9s and a 10.

Finishes the series with 10, 9, 10, 8, 10.

Series score is 92. Rubina’s overall score is 367 and she is up to 11th now.

Rubina begins third series with a 9 and two 10s. Follows it up with three more 9s.

And three straight 10s! Can Rubina close this series with one more?

Finishes with a 9. Series score - 95, her best so far.

Rubina’s total score is 275 and she moves up to 12th.

Rubina begins second series with four 9s and an 8.

Follows it up with 9, 10, 9.

Seems like Rubina has taken a break as some of her opponents have already started the fourth series while she is yet to complete the second one.

Rubina wraps up second series with two 9s.

Once again, her series score is 90. Stays 13th.

A mixed start for Rubina. Her first five shots - 9, 10, 7, 9, 9.

Finishes with four 9s and a 10.

The qualification round has 20 shooters. Everyone will have six series of 10 shots each. In the end, the top eight shooters with the highest scores will progress to the final.

Not before 15:20 - Para Badminton - Men’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - Group D - Tarun vs Lucas Mazur (FRA)

15:30 - Para Shooting - P2 - Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification - Rubina Francis

Not before 16:00 - Para Badminton - Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group C - Manisha Ramadass vs Yang Qiu Xia (CHN)

18:15 - Para Shooting - P2 - Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final - Rubina Francis (Subject to qualification)

19:00 - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open, 1/8 Elimination - Sarita vs Eleonora Sarti (ITA)

20:59 - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open, 1/8 Elimination - Sheetal Devi vs Mariana Zuniga (CHN)

21:16 onwards - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open Quarterfinals - Sarita, Sheetal Devi (Subject to qualification)

Not before 22:10 - Para Badminton - Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group A -Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Krysten Coombs (GBR)

22:24 onwards - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open Semifinals - Sarita, Sheetal Devi (Subject to qualification)

22:38 - Para Athletics - Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final - Parveen Kumar

Not before 22:50 - Para Badminton - Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group A - Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Lin Shuangbao (CHN)

23:13 onwards - Para Archery - Women’s Individual Compound Open Medal Rounds - Sarita, Sheetal Devi (Subject to qualification)

Not before 23:30 - Para Badminton - Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B - Krishna Nagar vs Natthapong Meechai (THA)

Not before 1:30 - Para Badminton - Mixed Doubles SH6 Semifinal - Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Miles Krajewski/Jayci Simon (USA)

3:30PM IST - P2 - Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification - Rubina Francis

Swaroop starts final series with 10.1, 10.4, 10.2, 9.9, 10.2

And he ends the qualification stage with 10.2, 10.7, 9.9, 10.5 and 10.6

Final score of 613.4 for Swaroop and he does not qualify for the final.

Penultimate series begins. Swaroop has a lot of catching up to do if he wants to qualify for the final.

Swaroop begins with 9.9, 10.1. 10.2, 10.3 and 9.7.

Swaroop closes this series with 10.6, 10.4, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.7

A total of 510.7 and he stays 15th. One more series to go.

Another inconsistent series for Swaroop so far - 9.9, 10.6, 9.9, 9.5, 10.7

Ends the series with 10.4, 10.0, 10.7, 10.0, 10.1

With a total score of 408.3, Swaroop stays 15th.

Swaroop begins third series with an impressive shot of 10.7 but the next one - a 9.5 - is a disappointing one. The next three shots - 10.2, 10.7 and 9.9

Swaroop ends third series with 10.6, 9.7, 9.9, 10.4, 10.1

His series score is 101.7 and total is 306.5

Swaroop drops to 15th.

Much better start in second series for Swaroop - 10.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.6, 10.2

Finishes the second series with 10.2, 10.3, 10.3, 10.2, 10.5

Swaroop’s total is 204.8 after he scores 103.0 in second series. However, he slips one spot to 14th.

Swaroop Unhalkar begins the qualification round with a 10.4 but follows it up with a 9.7. His next three shots are 10.2, 9.7 and a 10.7. He will look to be a bit more consistent.

With next three shots of 10.6, 10.8 and 9.9, Swaroop stays close to the top eight. 

Swaroop is 13th after closing the opening series with 9.4 and 10.4, taking his total to 101.8

Eighteen shooters. Everyone will have six series of 10 shots each. In the end, the top eight shooters with the highest scores will make it to the final.

Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar will be in action in Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification from 1PM IST. 

Qualification rounds are not being streamed. Follow Sportstar for live score updates.

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Paris Paralympics 2024: Full list of Indian results on August 30

Paris Paralmypics 2024: Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal opened India’s medal tally after winning gold and bronze respectively in women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1.

13:00 - R1 - Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification - Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar

15:30 - P2 - Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification - Rubina Francis

15:45 - R1 - Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final - Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar (Subject to qualification)

18:15 - P2 - Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final - Rubina Francis (Subject to qualification)

Live telecast of the Paris Paralympics is available on DD Sports channel while live streaming is available on Jio Cinema as well as the official YouTube channel of Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.