Paris Paralympics 2024 September 5 Highlights: Judoka Kapil Parmar's Historic Bronze Takes India's Tally To 25
Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 8 Highlights: The Indian contingent took its medal tally to 25, as judoka Kapil Parmar won bronze in the Men's 60kg J1 event on Thursday.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 8 Highlights: The Indian contingent took its medal tally to 25, as judoka Kapil Parmar won bronze in the Men's 60kg J1 event at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Thursday. Archers Harvinder Singh and Pooja lost their bronze medal match of the mixed recurve open event, while powerlifter Ashok and shot putter Arvind failed to impress. Simran Sharma too missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the Women's 100m T12 final. (Medals Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Day 8:
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Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Arvind disappoints!
Arvind has finished at the 6th position in the men's shot put f35 final with a best throw of 13.01m.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Ashok fails to lift 206kg
A valiant effort from the Indian, but 206kg is a step too far for him at the moment. His best stays at 199kg, and he cannot drop below 6th in this round.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Ashok attempting 206kg
Ashok is in 6th position in the powerlifting final after Round 2, but will attempt an ambitious 206kg in Round 3, 7kg more than his last successful lift. This is a very crucial lift for the Indian, if he wants to win a medal.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Ashok drops out of medal spots
Iran's Amir Jafari Arangeh, who failed to lift 203kg on his first try, succeeds this time around. The competition is getting thicker, and Ashok will need to lift a big one today if he wants a medal.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Ashok 4th after Round 1
China's Yi Zou manages to lift 210kg with ease. After all, he holds the world record at 222kg. Ashok is in fourth after Round 1, having lifted only 1kg less than current bronze position Hocine Bettir of Algeria.
However, Ashok will attempt 199kg in Round 2, while Bettir will attempt a much more ambitious 204kg.
So far, only two other powerlifters have lifted more than Ashok. However, two more are yet to go, one of which is world record holder Yi Zou from China.
After beating India in the semi-final with two consecutive 10s in their final two arrows, Italy went on to win 6-2 in the mixed team recurve open archery final over Turkey. It is Italy's 16th gold in Paralympics 2024.
Ashok won silver medals in the Para Powerlifting World Cup held in Egypt in March 2024, which helped him secure a Paralympics spot. Inspired by the likes of Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt due to their upper body physique, Ashok eventually became a para powerlifter.
India may have hit 25 medals, but the medal hunt is far from over. Ashok, in the Men's upto 65kg powerlifting category, will be up next in less than an hour's time.
Following him, Simran in the women's 100m T12 final and Arvind in the men's shot put F35 final.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: That's it from archery!
That ends India's archery campaign at Paris Paralympics 2024. One of a few misses, but of two really big highs to celebrate.
Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar's mixed team compound open bronze, and Harvinder Singh's historic individual recurve gold medal will remain in the minds of Indian sports fans for some time to come.
Yet again, heartbreak for India in archery. Slovenia pull off an incredible third consecutive shoot-off win, and Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan will have to settle for 4th.
Level-pegging after two shots, a 5 from Pooja results in India losing the fourth set. The bronze will be decided by a shoot-off, and the Indian duo will need to put their fluctuating form behind them.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Bronze medal match begins
India get us underway in the bronze medal match against Slovenia. Harvinder hits a 9 and Pooja gets 8. Slovenia manage only 15 in response with their first two arrows.
Paris Paralympics 2024 Live: Archery in 15 minutes
India's archery mixed team recurve open bronze medal match is in around 15 minutes time, where Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan aim for yet another archery medal for India in Paralympics 2024.
Kapil Parmar has done it in a hurry. Absolutely incredible stuff, and he delivers the ippon in a flash. Kapil Parmar wins bronze in the para judo Men's 60kg J1 event, beating Brazil's Elielton de Oliveira.
Harvinder and Pooja gave India all the hope there with two 10s in their final two arrows, but Italy go eye-for-an-eye and hit two 10s of their own to win the final set by one point.
India seal the third set. Fantastic comeback by Harvinder and Pooja as they rack up 37 out of 40. The Italian archers manage 16 after their first two shots.
Born in 2000, Kapil Parmar already boasts an incredible medal cabinet. He has won gold in the Commonwealth Games, silver in the Asian Para Games and bronze in the World Games.
