India at Paralympics 2024: Day 1 Schedule and Fixture

After the Paris Olympics 2024, players have once again started gathering in Paris for the Paralympic Games. The Paris Paralympics 2024 has been inaugurated on Wednesday in the capital of France. This time 84 Indian athletes are participating in the Games running from August 28 to September 9. This is India's largest contingent in these Games so far. India will participate in 12 events this time. It's time we look at India's Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 1 (August 29) schedule.

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Indian athletes will compete for the first time in Para-cycling, Para-judo, and Para-rowing in the Paralympic Games. India's campaign in para badminton will start on Thursday, August 29 in which Sukant Kadam and Krishna Nagar will challenge in men's singles. Avani Lekhara and Manish Narwal will also aim in para shooting for India at Paralympics 2024.

Indian athletes will also try their best in Para-Archery, Para-Cycling, Para-Taekwondo, Para Swimming, and Para Table Tennis events. Para-athletics events will start from August 30. 38 Indian athletes will participate in it. Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Sumit Antil in javelin throw and Bhavina Patel in table tennis will challenge in women's singles.

Indian competitors will aim to surpass their previous record of 19 medals from the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 from August 29 to September 9. The major contenders include Sumit Antil, Avani Lekhara, Manish Narwal, and Krishna Nagar, who will all defend their titles and look for the gold medal once again for India at Paralympics 2024. Notably, four out of the five para-athletes who won gold medals in the last Paralympics are participating this time too.

So, let us tell you in detail which sports Indian para-athletes will be seen in action on Day 1.

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India at Paralympics 2024: Day 1 (August 29) Schedule

Para-Badminton

• Women's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group A - Manasi Joshi vs Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh (Indonesia) - 2:00 PM
• Men's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group D - Tarun Dhillon vs Rogerio Junior Xavier De Oliveira (Brazil) - 3:20 PM
• Women's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group C - Palak Kohli vs Milena Surreau (France) - 4:40 PM
• Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage Group A - Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Rosa Efomo De Marco (Italy) - 5:20 PM
• Mixed Doubles SH6 Group Play Stage Group B - Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre Sivan vs Jayci Simon/Miles Krajewski (USA) - 12:40 PM
• Women's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group B - Mandeep Kaur vs Mariam Bolaji (Nigeria) - 2:00 PM
• Men's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group B - Sukant Kadam vs Mohd Amin Burhanuddin (Malaysia) - 2:40 PM
• Men's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group A - Manoj Sarkar vs Kumar Nitesh - 4:00 PM
• Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage Group A - Thulasimathi Murugesan/Kumar Nitesh vs Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli - 12:00 PM
• Men's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group A - Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj vs Hikmat Ramdani (Indonesia) - 3:20 PM
• Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage Group C - Manisha Ramadass vs Maud Lefort (France) - 7:30 PM
• Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage Group A - Thulasimathi Murugesan/Kumar Nitesh vs Hikmat Ramdani/Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia) - 10:10 PM 
• Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage Group A - Palak Kohli/Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj vs Lucas Mazur/Faustine Noël (France) - 10:50 PM
• Men's Singles SH6 Group Play Stage Group A - Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Subhan Subhan (Indonesia) - 7:30 PM
• Women's Singles SH6 Group Play Stage Group A - Nithya Sre Sivan vs Jayci Simon (USA) - 7:30 PM

Para-Taekwondo

• Women K44 -47kg Round of 16 - Aruna Singh Tanwar vs Nurcihan Ekinci (Turkey) - 2:34 PM

Para Cycling Track

• Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying - Jyoti Gaderiya - 4:25 PM

Para Archery

• Women's Individual Compound Open Ranking Round - Sheetal Devi & Sarita Devi - 4:30 PM
• Men's Individual Recurve Open Ranking Round - Harvinder Singh - 4:30 PM
• Men's Individual Compound Open Ranking Round - Rakesh Kumar & Shyam Sundar Swami - 8:30 PM
• Women's Individual Recurve Open Ranking Roun - Pooja - 8:30 PM