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Paris 2024 Paralympics, Day 1 Highlights: Sheetal Devi Shines With Personal Best Score In Compound Open Ranking
Paralympics 2024 Day 1 Highlights: India's armless archer Sheetal Devi finished second in the women's individual compound open ranking round with a stunning performance.
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Paralympics 2024 Day 1 Highlights: India's armless archer Sheetal Devi finished second in the women's individual compound open ranking round with a stunning performance to directly make a round of 16 entry in the Paris Paralympics on Thursday. The 17-year-old Devi from Jammu and Kashmir, who shoots with her legs as she was born without arms, scored a total of 703 points out of possible 720 to finish second behind Oznur Girdi Cure of Turkey, who set a ranking round world record of 704 points. Meanwhile, Indian para-shuttlers, including Tokyo silver medallist Suhas Yathiraj, made a strong start at the Paris Paralympics. (India Day 1 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Day 1:
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- 00:24 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE, Badminton: Poor show from India's mixed doubles team -Indian pair of Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan lost to Hikmat Ramdani/Leani Ratri Oktila 15-21, 8-21 in Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage match. On the other hand, India's Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli suffered a 15-21, 9-21 defeat at the hands of France's Lucas Mazur and Faustine Noel at Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage match.
- 23:26 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE, Archery: Indians fail to shine!India's Rakesh Kumar finished at the fifth spot with 696 points, while his countryman Shyam Sundar Swami came 15th with 688 points in the Men's Individual Compound Open Ranking Round. Meanwhile, another Indian para archer Pooja came 7th in the Women's Individual Recurve Open Ranking Round with 585 points.
- 21:27 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE, Badminton: Update on singles matches -India's Manisha Ramadass beat Maud Lefort of France in the Group C match of Women's Singles SU5 at Paris Paralympics 2024. She won the contest 8-21, 21-6, 21-19. In another women's singles match in SH6 category but in Group A, India's Nithya Sre Sivan outplayed USA's Jayci Simon 21-7, 21-8. In a Group A match in men's category (SH6), Sivarajan Solaimalai of India defeated Subhan of Indonesia 21-15, 21-17.
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- 17:10 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE: Cycling track qualifying -India's Jyoti Gaderiya has failed to advance in the women's C1-3 3000m individual pursuit. She finished at the bottom spot in the 10-athlete event with a time of 4:53.929. She needed a top-four finish to stay in medal contention.
- 17:05 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE: In case you missed it!India's Aruna Tanwar suffered a heavy 0-19 defeat to Nurcihan Ekinci of Turkey in a round of 16 contest in women's K 44-47kg category of the Paris Paralympics. Aruna was absolutely no match to her opponent from Turkey who garnered points at will in the five-minute round. Ekinci scored two points from body kick nine times during the contest while the Indian also conceded one penalty point (gam-jeom). K44 category includes athletes who have impairments in one arm above the elbow.
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- 15:35 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE Updates: Suhas LY on fireSuhas Yathiraj has made a sensational start to his men's singles SL3 category match. He has raced into an 11-3 lead in the first game against Indonesia's Hikmat Ramdani.It must be remembered that Suhas is the first seed in the men's singles SL3 category.
- 15:10 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE Updates: Sukant Kadam also in actionIndia's male para badminton star Sukant Kadam is down in his opening Paralympics 2024 game. Kadam lost the first game 21-17 to Malaysia's Mohd Amin Burhanuddin.Suhas Yathiraj and Tarun Dhillon are set to begin their games shortly.
- 15:01 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE Updates: Manasi Joshi losesHeartbreak for Manasi. She put up a valiant fight in the third game, and it was tied 10-10 at a stage. But Syakuroh shows her skill, and edges out Joshi in a closely-fought contest.It ends 21-16, 13-21, 18-21 in favour of Syakuroh.
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- 14:09 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE Updates: More on Mandeep Kaur29-year-old Mandeep, hailing from Uttarakhand, has racked up three World Championship doubles medals in recent years, but she is gunning for a singles medal at Paralympics 2024.Once a potent arm-wrestler, Mandeep took up badminton after a 2018 surgery helped her walk straight.
- 14:05 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE Updates: More on Manasi JoshiAlthough unseeded now, Manasi is herself a former world no. 1. Not only that, she is a three-time Asain Para Games medalist, and won bronze in the 2024 World Championships.Manasi needed her leg to be amputated after suffering a motorbike accident in December 2011.
- 14:03 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE Updates: Big test up next for IndiaIndia's Manasi Joshi is set to play now in the women's singles SL3 category, to kickstart the first singles encounter by an Indian at Paralympics 2024.She faces Indonesia's Qonita Ikhtiar Syakuroh, who is the first seed in the category.
- 13:26 (IST)Paralympics Day 1 LIVE Updates: Big defeat for IndiaA comprehensive win in the end for USA's Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon in the SH6 mixed doubles category. They win 23-21, 21-11 over India's Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sivan.Not the ideal start for the Indian pair, but they will have a chance to recover.
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