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 2 (August 30) schedule.
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This time Indian athletes will compete for the first time in Para-cycling, Para-judo, and Para-rowing in the Paralympic Games. They 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 2.
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India at Paralympics 2024: Day 2 (August 30) Schedule
Para-Badminton
- Women's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group A - Manasi Joshi vs Oksana Kozyna (Ukraine) - 12:00 PM
- Men's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group A - Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj vs Kyung Hwan Shin (South Korea) - 2:40 PM
- Women's Singles SL4 Group Play Stage Group C - Palak Kohli vs Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia) - 4:40 PM
- Men's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group A - Manoj Sarkar vs Mongkhon Bunsun (Thailand) - 1:20 PM
- Men's Singles SL3 Group Play Stage Group A - Kumar Nitesh vs Yang Jianyuan (China) - 2:00 PM
- Men's Singles SH6 Group Play Stage Group A - Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Chu Man-kai (Hong Kong) - 8:10 PM
- Men's Singles SH6 Group Play Stage Group B - Krishna Nagar vs Miles Krajewski (USA) - 10:50 PM
- Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage Group A - Thulasimathi Murugesan/Kumar Nitesh vs Faustine Noël/Lucas Mazur (France) - 12:10 AM
- Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage Group A - Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Beatriz Monteiro (Portugal) - 7:30 PM
- Women's Singles SH6 Group Play Stage Group A - Nithya Sre Sivan vs Cai Yi-lin (Chinese Taipei) - 8:50 PM
- Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage Group A - Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli vs Hikmat Ramdani/Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia) - 12:10 AM
- Mixed Doubles SH6 Group Play Stage Group B - Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre Sivan vs Natthapong Meechai/Chai Saeyang (Thailand) - 1:30 AM
Shooting Para Sport
- R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification - Avani Lekhara & Mona Agarwal - 12:30 PM
- P1 Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification - Rudransh Khandelwal & Manish Narwal - 2:45 PM
- R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Qualification - Sriharsha Devaraddi - 5:00 PM
Para Athletics
- Women's Discus Throw F55 Final - Karamjyoti Dalal & Sakshi Kasana - 1:30 PM
- Women's 100m T35 Final - Preethi Pal - 4:45 PM
- Men's Shot Put F37 Final - Manu - 12:22 AM