img

Sports: Paris Paralympics has been good for India so far. On the second day itself, the country got a total of 4 medals, including 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Now today i.e. on the third day (31 August), India's medal tally may increase further. A total of 04 medals are expected in India's account on the third day. On the second day, India won medals in para shooting and athletics. At the same time, gold is expected in para cycling along with para shooting today. 

However, to win a medal, Indian athletes will have to qualify for the medal round. Now it will be interesting to see how many medals India gets today.

Let us tell you that Avni Lekhara managed to win her second consecutive gold. She had earlier won gold at the Tokyo Paralympics. Avni won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle standing SH1 event in Paris. Mona Agarwal won the bronze medal in the same event. Manish Narwal won the silver medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (SH1) event and Preeti Pal won the bronze in the 100m race in the women's T35 category. 

India's schedule for Paris Paralympics on August 31

Para Badminton

Women's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - 12 PM

Men's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - 1:20 PM

Men's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - 2:40 PM

Men's Singles SX4 Group Play Stage - 3:20 PM

Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - 4 pm

Shooting 

Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Qualification) - Swaroop Mahaveer Unhalkar - 01:00 PM
Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Qualification) - Rubina Francis - 03.30 PM

Track cycling

Women's 500m Time Trial C1-3 (Qualification) - Jyoti Gaderia - 01.30 pm
Men's 1,000m Time Trial C1-3 (Qualification) - Arshad Sheikh - 01.49 pm

Sailing

Mixed PR3 Double Sculls (Repechage)- India (Anitha and Narayan Konganapalle) - 03.00 PM

Archery

Women's Compound (1/8 Elimination 2)- Sarita Devi vs Eleonora Sarti (Italy) - 07.00 PM
Women's Compound (1/8 Elimination 8)- Sarita Devi vs Mariana Zuniga (Chile) - 08.59 PM

Athletics

Men's Javelin Throw F57 (Medal Event) - Praveen Kumar - 10.30 PM. 

--Advertisement--