Paris Paralympics, Rubina gets bronze in 10m air pistol: India has won 5 medals so far; Para shuttler Sukant Kadam in semi-finals

Para shooter Rubina Francis won the bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday. She won this medal in the SH1 category of Women’s 10m Air Pistol. Rubina scored 211.1 in the final. India has so far won 5 medals at the Paris Paralympics. At the same time, Sukant Kadam defeated Thailand’s Siripong Teamarom 21-12, 21-12 in 25 minutes in the SL4 group play stage of Men’s Singles. With his second consecutive win in the group, Kadam confirmed his place in the semi-finals. Earlier, India had won 4 medals on Friday. Avni Lekhara won gold and Mona Agarwal won bronze medal in women’s shooting. Manish Narwal won silver in Men’s 10m Air Pistol Shooting. Preeti Pal won bronze medal in Women’s 100m T-35 category race. Rubina was at sixth position in the qualification round
The SH1 category in shooting includes those shooters whose hands, lower body or legs are affected or who do not have any limbs. Rubina was at sixth position in the qualification round of Women’s 10 meter air pistol. Iran’s Sareh won the gold, her score was 236.8. Turkey’s Azel Ozgan got the silver medal with a score of 231.1. Para Archery: Sarita Kumari out after losing in the quarter-finals
Sarita Kumari was out after losing in the quarter-finals of Women’s Individual Compound. She was defeated by Turkey’s Oznur Cure Girdi 145-140 in the quarter-finals. Para Archery: Sheetal Devi lost in the pre-quarter-finals
Sheetal Devi was out after losing to Chile’s Mariana Zuniga 137-138 in the Women’s Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination Round. 17-year-old Sheetal lost the match by just one point. Para badminton: Mandeep reaches quarter-finals
The third day of the Paris Paralympic Games started with a victory for para shuttler Mandeep Kaur. She defeated Australia’s Celine Vinot 21-23, 21-10, 21-17 in the SL3 category of badminton women’s singles. With this, Mandeep reached the quarter-finals. The SL3 category in badminton includes those players whose lower limbs are affected by disability. Para badminton: Nitesh Kumar wins in straight games
Nitesh Kumar defeated Thailand’s Mongkhon Bunson 21-13, 21-14 in straight games in the group stage match of the SL3 category of badminton men’s singles. He won the match in 33 minutes. Para Shooting: Swaroop Mahavir missed out on making it to the finals
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar finished 14th in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 qualification round. He scored 613.4 in the qualification round. Due to this, he missed out on reaching the finals. Para Cycling Track: Jyoti-Arshad failed to make it to the finals
Jyoti Gaderia failed to qualify for the finals of the Para Cycling C1-3 500m Time Trial. She finished 11th in the qualifying round. The top-6 riders in this category made it to the finals. Arshad Sheikh finished 17th in the Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial Qualification and could not make it to the finals. Highlights of the second day Avni got the first medal
Avni Lekhara got India the first medal in the Paralympic Games 2024. On the second day of the Games on Friday, he won the gold medal with a Paralympic record in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting SH1 category. He scored 249.7. Korea’s Yunri Lee got the silver, her score was 246.8. Mona Agarwal of India won the bronze medal with a score of 228.7. Manish Narwal won the silver medal
The fourth medal for India on Friday came in men’s shooting, Manish Narwal won the silver medal in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 category. He finished second with a final score of 234.9. Korea’s Jeongdu Jo won the gold medal with 237.4 points. World and Paralympic record holder Chao Yang of China finished third with 214.3 points. He won the gold in Tokyo by scoring 237.9 points, he also holds the world record of 241.8 points. Mona Agrawal had reached the top at one time
Mona Agrawal won the bronze medal in the SH1 category of Women’s 10 meter air rifle shooting. The SH1 category in shooting includes those shooters whose hands, lower body or legs are affected. Or those who do not have any limbs. Preeti got the third medal of the day
India got the bronze medal in the Women’s 100 meter T-35 category race. Preeti Pal finished the race in 14.21 seconds and secured the third position. This was her career best timing. The gold and silver medals went to China. Jia Zhou secured the first position with 13.58 seconds and Qian Guo secured the second position with 13.74 seconds. In the T-35 category, T means track, while the 35 category includes those athletes who have diseases like hypertonia, ataxia or athetosis.