India At Paralympics 2024 Day 9 (September 6) LIVE Updates | Praveen Kumar wins India's 6th gold; Dilip Gavat qualifies for the Men's 400m T47 final; Simran Sharma into the semifinals

Hello and welcome to another day of Sportz Point's LIVE Coverage of India At Paralympics 2024 as Indian Para-Athletes continue their historical campaign in Paris.

India have already grabbed 25 medals in Paris Paralympic Games 2024 surpasing their previous best of 19 medals in Tokyo. 

With 5 Gold medals, India are currently placed at 16th number in medal tally.

What happend on Day 8?

Kapil Parmar won historic bronze medal in Judo and became the first Indian to win any Paralympic medal in Judo. He defeated World No. 2 Elielton de Oliveira by Ippon. 

What is expected on Day 9?

With six Indian para athletes already reaching the finals of their respective events, India can hope to reach 30 medals on Day 9. Medals from Javelin and Shot put are expected on Day 9 as the action set to start from 1.30 pm today.

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India's medal tally so far

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Sep 06, 2024 16:51 IST
Para-Athletics | Praveen Kumar gives India it's 6th gold

Praveen Kumar cleared 2.08m and broke the Asian Record to win gold in the men’s high jump T64 final. This is his second straight Paralympic medal. Praveen won silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.
 
Praveen has taken India's medal tally to 26. India has now won six gold medals in Paris, which is the country's best-ever tally at any Paralympics.



Sep 06, 2024 15:47 IST
Para-Athletics | Dipesh Kumar finishes last in javelin throw final
Dipesh Kumar’s throws of 26.11m, 25.59m in his first two attempts. after which he fouls. The Indian is currently placed last.



Sep 06, 2024 15:46 IST
Para-Canoe | Pooja Ojha finishes last
Pooja Ojha finishes last in her women’s kayak single 200m KL1 heats, clocking 1:16.09.
 
She will be in the semifinals as the winner of each heat qualifies to final A, while the remainder to the semifinals.



Sep 06, 2024 15:13 IST
Para-Athletics | Dilip Gavat qualifies for the finals
Indian athlete Dilip Mahadu Gavit qualifies for Men's 400m T47 final. He finished third in his heat with a season best timing of 49.54s.
 
First three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advance to the final.



Sep 06, 2024 14:54 IST
Para-Athletics | Manolis Stefanoudakis leads men’s javelin throw
Manolis Stefanoudakis of Greece leads the men’s javelin throw F54 with a 30.13m throw in his second attempt.
 
Dipesh will take his throw at the end. Four more athletes to throw.



Sep 06, 2024 14:15 IST
Para-Athletics | Simran Sharma into the semifinals
India's Simran Sharma, who is the reigning world champion, tops her heat in the Women's 200m T12 event with a timing of 25.41s. She is through to the semi-finals 
 
Women’s 200m T12 Semifinals will take place at 23:12 PM IST. 



Sep 06, 2024 14:12 IST
Para-Athletics | Dipesh Kumar in action for gold medal event
India's Dipesh Kumar begins his men's javelin throw F54 final. He has a personal best of 27.90.



Sep 06, 2024 14:04 IST
Para-Canoe | Prachi Yadav finishes 4th
Prachi Yadav finished fourth in her heats in the Women’s Va’a Single 200m - VL2 event clocking 1:06.83.



Sep 06, 2024 13:55 IST
Para Canoe | Yash Kumar in the semi-finals
India's Yash Kumar qualified for the semi-finals with a timing of 1:03.27 in Men's Kayak Single 200m heats.