Paralympics 2024 Day 9 Highlights: Praveen Kumar Bags Gold In High Jump, Hokato Hotozhe Sema Bags Shot Put Bronze As India's Tally Rises To 27
Paralympics 2024 September 6 Highlights: Two medals came for India in the day as Praveen Kumar bagged a gold in the long jump event and Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a bronze in the shot put final.
Paralympics 2024 September 6 Highlights: Two medals came for India in the day as Praveen Kumar bagged a gold in the long jump event and Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a bronze in the shot put final. 21-year-old Praveen, who was born with a short leg, smashed the Asian record with a best jump of 2.08m in the six-men field to finish on top of the podium. Meanwhile, Sema bagged the bronze medal with a best throw of 14.65m in the F57 class. With it, India's historic medal tally at Paris Paralympics rose to 27. (Medals Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Day 9:
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Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Sema wins bronze!
Hokato Hotozhe Sema has won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 final with a best throw of 14.65 that came in his fourth attempt. Meanwhile, other Indian in the competition -- Soman Rana -- has finished at the 5th spot.
Hokato Hotozhe Sema is currently in the medal contention with a best throw of 14.65m, which came in his fourth attempt. The overall order of his attempts were - 13.88, 14.00, 14.40, 14.65, 14.15 and 13.80m.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Simran in final of women's 200m!
India's Simran topped the semi-final 3 with a timing of 25.03 to make it to the final of women's 200m T12. The event will take place tomorrow (September 7).
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Bhavanaben ends with a foul!
Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary ends with a best throw of 39.70, and she is all out of medal contention as the Indian currently holds the 5th spot, which could not improve from this point, though it could get poorer if any other athlete, with throws remaining, surpasses her best throw.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Soman Rana disappoints!
Soman Rana scored 13.32, 14.07, 13.83, 13.79, 13.80 and 13.86 metres in his six attempts. He is currently at the third spot but it is hard for him to stay there as 8 more athletes are yet to take their attempts.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Bhavanaben holds her position!
Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary has achieved 39.70m in her fourth attempt and she still holds her fourth spot. One better throw and the Indian will find herself in medal contention.
Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary got a distance of 39.64m in her third attempt. Currently, she holds taken the fourth spot. This is impressive improvement from the Indian javelin thrower.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Not impressive from Bhavanaben!
Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary has got distances of 37.31m and 36.40m in her first two throws. She is currently at the 6th spot after all the 11 athletes have made their two attempts.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live, Powerlifting: Kasthuri finishes 8th!
Kasthuri Rajamani finishes 8th despite lifting 106kg in her second attempt. She has a final attempt left, but that 110kg mark will not be enough to get herself into the podium.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live, Powerlifting: Kasthuri falters!
Kasthuri Rajamani fails to lift 106kg in her first attempt. Two of the judges thought her attempt wasn't clear. For the unversed, she is making her Paralympics debut at the age of 40.
Born in Govindgarh (Noida), Uttar Pradesh, Praveen Kumar achieved remarkable success on the international stage, notably becoming the youngest para-athlete to win a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Born with a short leg, Praveen initially struggled with feelings of inferiority compared to his peers.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: India name flagbearers!
Gold medal-winning archer Harvinder Singh and sprinter Preethi Pal will be India's flag bearers during the closing ceremony of the Paris Games on Sunday.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live, High Jump: Praveen now assured of at least a silver!
With Temurbek Giyazov and Majiech Lepiato out of contention for silver, Praveen is now assured of a top 2 finish. He hasn't failed so far in any of his attempts
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live, Javelin: Dipesh disappoints!
Just a 26.11, 25.59 in his first two attempts from Dipesh. He needs to do way better than that to breach the 30m mark. Not looking good for the Indian javelin star
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live, Javelin: The wait is over!
Dipesh Kumar needs a 30.14m attempt to enter the podium. He will look to get past the 30.13m attempt of Greece's Emmanouil. Dipesh is about to get his 1st throw underway.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live, Javelin: Dipesh in action soon!
The Men's Javelin Throw - F54 Final will start soon. India Dipesh Kumar will be in action in it. He is currently ranked 5th in the world. However, he will have to better his personal best (27.90) in order to have any hopes of finishing on the podium.
