Paris Paralympics 2024, Day 3 Results: Rubina Francis Adds 5th Medal; Archers Suffer Heartbreak – News18
Paris Paralympics 2024, Day 3 Results
Rubina Francis won a bronze medal, adding 5th medal to India’s tally. Heartbreak for archers, sailors and cyclists on the third day of the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024.
The third day of the Paris Paralympics saw Clubfooted shooter Rubina Francis extend India’s medal-winning run with a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol SH1 whereas the shuttlers also assured the country of a medal with Sukant Kadam setting up a men’s singles SL4 semifinal clash with Suhas Yathiraj at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday.
Rubina’s bronze was India’s fourth medal from the shooting range and fifth overall. The 25-year-old from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh aggregated 211.1 to finish third in the eight-woman final behind Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi (236.8) and Turkey’s Aysel Ozgan (231.1).
The archers suffered a heartbreak as Sarita Kumari’s splendid run ended in the quarterfinals and armless wonder Sheetal Devi also crashed out in the last-16 stage in the compound women’s open category.
India’s Results at the Paris Paralympics, August 31 (Saturday)
Para Shooting: Rubina Francis claimed a bronze medal in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event with a score of 211.1
Para Shooting: Swaroop Unhalkar bowed out after finishing 14th place in the Men’s R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualifiers with a score of 613.4
Para Badminton: Sivarajan Solaimalai lost to Great Britain’s Krysten Coombs 12-21, 10-21 in Men’s Singles SH6 Group Stage A
Para Archery: Sarita Kumar lost to Turkey’s Oznur Cure 140-145 in the last 8 of the Women’s Individual Compound Open
Para Archery: Sheetal Devi lost 137-138 to Chile’s Zuniga Mariana in the Women’s Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination round
Para Cycling: Arshad Shaik failed to qualify for the final after finishing 17th with a timing of 1:26.154 in the Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial
Para Cycling: Jyoti finished 11th in the time trial round with a timing of 52.098 seconds thus failing to make it to the Women’s C1-3 500m finals.
Para Badminton: Sukant Kadam sealed his semi-final berth, defeating Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom 21–12, 21-12 in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage
Para Badminton: Manisha Ramadass lost against China’s Xia Qiu Yang 15-21, 7-21 but proceeded to the Quarterfinals after coming 2nd from SU5 Group Stage C
Para Badminton: Tarun Dhillon bowed out following a 2-0 loss to France’s Lucas Mazur in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage
Para Badminton: Manoj Sarkar’s campaign ended despite a 2-0 win against China’s Jianyuan Yang as he finished 3rd Men’s Singles SL3 Group Stage
Para Badminton: Nitesh Kumar defeated Thailand’s Bunsun Mongkhon 2-0 in straight games with a score line of 21-13 and 21-14 to advance to the next round of Men’s Singles SL3 Group Stage
Para Badminton: Mandeep Kaur defeated Australia’s Vinot Celine 21-23, 21-10, 21-17 to qualify for the Women’s Singles SL3 quarter-finals
Para Rowing: Anita and Narayana Kongannapalle qualified for Final B, securing a 3rd place finish in the Repechage round with a timing of 7:54.33 minutes.
Para-Badminton: Nitya Sree Sumathy Shivan went down fighting 20-22, 18-21 to Lin Shuangbao in the Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group A Match.
Para-Badminton: Natthapong Meechai beat Krishna Nagar (Ret) 22-20, 11-3 in the Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group B Match.
Para-Badminton: Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon of the USA beat Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan of India 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 21-13) in the semifinal of the mixed doubles event.
10:30 PM IST – Para Athletics – Parveen Kumar finished 8th in the Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final with a best throw of 42.12.
