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India’s shuttlers grabbed the headlines on the opening day of the Paris Paralympics. Here’s a quick look at India’s results from the opening day of the 2024 Paris Paralympics on Thursday (29 August). read more
 "Injury heartbreak for Aruna, Sukant Kadam wins on debut")
India's Aruna suffered a heartbreaking loss to Turkey's Nurcihan Ekinici in women's taekwondo last 16 bout at the Paris Paralympics. Reuters
India got their 2024 Paris Paralympics campaign underway on Thursday with a larger focus on para-shuttlers. In an all-Indian mixed doubles contest, Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan defeated Suhas Yathiraj and Palak Kohli 21-14, 21-17. In another mixed doubles contest, Sivaraj Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sivan went down to USA’s Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon 21-23, 11-21.
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Sukant Kadam tasted success in the men’s singles group stage match against Mohd Amin Burhanuddin of Malaysia. Sukant went down from a game to beat the Malaysian 17-21, 21-15, 22-20 in the SL4 category in his Olympic debut. In the same category, Suhas Yathiraj produced a clinical effort to defeat Indonesia’s Hikmat Ramdani 21-7, 21-5.
It was, however, heartbreak for Aruna Singh Tanwar as she lost to Turkey’s Nurcihan Ekinici with a 0-19 scoreline. In in the initial stages of her bout, Aruna sustained a right knee injury and fell onto the mat. However, the injury did not stop her as she continued to fight on one leg before eventually going down.
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In women’s track cycling, Jyoti Gaderiya finished the women’s C1-3 3000m individual pursuit qualification with a timing of 4:53.929. Jyoti, however, failed to qualify for the medal match.
Let’s now take a look at India’s complete results from day one of the Paris Paralympics:
Para badminton
Mixed doubles group stage
SL3-SU5 class: Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan beat Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli 21-14, 21-17
SH6 class: Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan lose 21-23, 11-21 to Miles Krajewski/Jayci Simon
Men’s singles group stage
SL4 class: Sukant Kadam beat Mohd. Amin Burhanuddin 17-21, 21-15, 22-20
SL4 class: Suhas Yathiraj beat Hikmat Ramdani 21-7, 21-5
SL4 class: Tarun Dhillon beat Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveira 21-17, 21-19
Women’s singles group stage
SL3 class: Mandeep Kaur loses 8-21, 14-21 to Mariam Eniola Bolaji
SL3 class: Manasi Joshi loses 21-16, 13-21, 18-21 to Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh
Para taekwondo
Women’s K44-47kg: Aruna loses 0-19 to Nurcihan Ekinc in Round of 16
Para shooting
Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 pre-event training - 2:30 PM
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 pre-event training - 4:00 PM
Men’s 10m air pistol SH1 pre-event training - 5:45 PM
Para cycling
Women’s C1-3 3000m individual pursuit qualifying
Jyoti Gaderiya with time of 4:53.929 in qualification. Does not qualify for medal match
Para archery
Men’s individual recurve open ranking round: Harvinder Singh — 4.30 pm
Women’s individual compound open ranking round: Sheetal Devi and Sarita Kumari — 4.30 pm
Men’s individual compound open ranking round: Shyam Sundar Swami and Rakesh Kumar — 8.30 pm
Women’s individual recurve open: Pooja — 8.30 pm
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