 "Paris Paralympics 2024, India Schedule Day 8 (5 September): Full list of medal matches and events")
It continued to rain medals for the Indian contingent on Wednesday, Day 7 of the Paris Paralympics with the nation’s medal tally swelling to 24 with four medals, including two gold.
Harvinder Singh won India's first ever Paralympic gold medal in archery three years after winning the country’s maiden medal in the Games with a bronze in Tokyo. Later on Wednesday, Dharambir and Pranav Soorma would win gold and silver respectively in the men’s club throw F51 final to complete a historic one-two.
Paris Paralympics 2024: News | Medal Tally | India Schedule
Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) chief Devendra Jhajharia, a legendary Paralympian himself, had predicted 25 medals for the nation before the Games and the 84-strong Indian contingent is one medal away from achieving that target.
With several medal events set to take place on Day 8 of the competition, India certainly have a shot at breaching the 25-medal mark for the first time, three years after registering their maiden double-digit medal haul in the Paralympics.
Here’s the full schedule of events for Thursday, 5 September, with medal events marked in bold and italics:
1:00 pm- Para Shooting: R6 Mixed 50m Prone SH1- Sidharatha Babu, Mona Agarwal
1:30 pm- Para Judo: Women -48kg J1 qualification- Kokila
1:30 pm- Para Judo: Men -60kg J1 preliminary- Kapil Parmar
Impact Shorts
More Shorts1:50 pm – Para Archery: Mixed Team Recurve Open 1/8 Elimination- Pooja Harvinder Singh
3:21 pm- Para Athletics: Women’s 100m T12 semi-finals – Simran
3:15 pm- Para Shooting: R6 Mixed 50m Prone SH1 Final- Sidharatha Babu, Mona Agarwal (If qualified)
6:30 pm – Para Archery: Mixed Team Recurve Open Quarterfinal- Pooja, Harvinder Singh (If qualified)
7:30 pm- Para Judo: Men -60kg J1 final block – Kapil Parmar (If qualified)
7:30 pm- Para Judo: Women -48kg J1 final block- Kokila (If qualified)
6:30 pm – Para Archery: Mixed Team Recurve Open Semifinal- Pooja, Harvinder Singh (If qualified)
8:45 pm – Para Archery: Mixed Team Recurve Open Bronze Medal Match- Pooja, Harvinder Singh (If qualified)
9:05 pm – Para Archery: Mixed Team Recurve Open Gold Medal Match- Pooja, Harvinder Singh (If qualified)
10:05 pm- Para Powerlifting: Men’s up to 65 kg- Ashok
10:47 pm- Para Athletics: Women’s 100m T12 finals – Simran (If qualified)
11:49 pm- Para Athletics: Men’s shotput F35 final- Arvind
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