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India at Tokyo Paralympics, Thursday schedule
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - Rahul finishes 5th
Badminton: Pramod Bhagat (SL3), Krishna Nagar (SH6) qualify for semifinal
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Thought today was busy, have a look at tomorrow’s schedule! Frantic Friday. Join us nice and early in the morning.
Taekwondo: The athlete who defeated India’s Aruna Tanwar has gone on to win gold medal. For the Indian youngster, a heartbreaking day.
Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo player Aruna Tanwar forced to withdraw from repechage due to injury
End of day’s play: Thus another day without a medal, but a couple of significant steps taken towards, in badminton. Stick around for recaps, reports, schedule and more.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35: Not been an easy evening for Arvind but he can finish with a smile as he comes up with his best throw off his final attempt. A 13.48 will take him one place up, he finishes 7th. He says a polite ‘thank you’ as the camera pans to him. His PB was 14.05 so at the very least he came close to that mark.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35: Not quite happening for Arvind here, another foul. Another shot that went out of the valid sector. One attempt left.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35: It’s a 11.87 for his 4th attempt. Not an improvement over his 2nd attempt. The bronze medal as it stands is at 15.41m so that’s a gap and then some.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35: Arvind’s third attempt is a foul. Seems frustrated with something, not happy with the effort. The direction was off on that one, went beyond the sector. He will have his 4th attempt immediately as the order goes from rank 8 to 1 after 3 attempts (only a total of 8 athletes so no one misses the cut). Continues to rain pretty heavily.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35: An improved effort with his 2nd attempt by Arvind but it still keeps him in 8th place. No athlete has completely run away with it yet. But like we said earlier the Indian has to go past his PB but more than 1.5m.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35: Arvind starts with a throw of 10.52, well below his PB of 14.05m. Tough to say if the rain played a part in it because we didn’t get to watch. There have 5 throws more than his PB already, so he will need to come up with something super special.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35: Arvind is here for the event. The rain is getting worse we are told. Shot put can be a dangerous event in rain but the discus throw has gone on in the stadium, so not sure if it will be called off.
Athletics Men’s Shot Put - F35
CO-ORDINATION IMPAIRMENTS - SPORT CLASSES F31, T32/F32-T38/F38
The 30s sport classes are allocated to athletes with involuntary movements, uncoordinated movements and/or muscle tension – often conditions associated with cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury. The impairments typically affect the ability to control legs, trunk, arms and/or hand function. You will see athletes in the sport classes 31-34 compete in a seated position, e.g. in wheelchair racing or using a throwing chair. By contrast, athletes in the sport classes 35-38 show a better function in their legs and better trunk control and therefore compete standing, e.g. in running events, long jump or throwing events.
Athletics, Men’s Shot Put F35 (standing shot put): Only one Indian left for the day. It is, by the way, pouring at the Olympic Stadium. Wonder if that will affect the PBs and SBs we see here and throw a surprise or two. Scheduled to start at 4.28 pm.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Parmar’s singles campaign is over but she fought till the very end. A half-court player, playing with full heart. She loses a tough three-game battle against Seibert from Germany in a battle of veterans (48 year-young Parul vs 51-year-young Seibert!)
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Six match points to Seibert.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: And suddenly the German has gone on a run of points to take it to 19-13. Once again she is 2 points away from winning the match.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Services getting exchanged now and it is 10-14 Parmar. For the time being, it is good that she is not letting the German open up a bigger lead. And then a good push to the backcourt to make it 13-15! Not over yet.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: 7-11 after the break as Parmar plays a sensational overhead drop shot return of serve and taps the racket on her head as if to say why not this more.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Seibert seems to be a bit more fired up in the decider having come so close to win the match in the second game. She is connecting with the drops better. Parul is trying to remain in touching distance but the German has a 11-6 lead at the change of ends.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: DECIDER TIME! Parul Parmar was trailing 14-18, then 16-19 in the decider and looked like the match was coming to a close. But the Indian wins 5 straight points to force a decider! Gritty stuff.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: The German comes out of the interval strong and had opened up a good lead... and was two points away from win. And Parul Parmar has won 4 points in a row to go ahead 20-19! Brilliant.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Well, well! That is not ideal for Parul Parmar. She raced to a 7-4 lead but the German wins 7 of the last 9 points before the mid-game interval to take a 11-9 lead. Tough to take, that one for the Indian.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: A game of short rallies, and very little to separate the two shuttlers. But Parul Parmar misses 2 game points to drop the opening 21-23. Average rally length 2 and longest rally was 6 shots. Neither player led more than 2 points. Close enough by every metric. Can the Indian shuttler make a comeback?
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Anybody’s game at the moment! 19-19 in the opener. Parmar has a game point and that is saved by Seibert. She has another game point now at 21-20.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Mobility not the strength for both players, clearly, so it is all about the shot-making in this one. Some terrific gets from Parmar in that opening game, short rallies dominating proceedings. The Indian leads 11-10.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SL4 Group D: Parul Parmar is back for second singles match of the day. The 48-year-old is the younger of the two opponents! She faces Katrin Seibert, world No 12, who is 51. The German is a SL4 player, so more used to full court play. Parmar, in case you missed our earlier coverage, is a SL3 (world No 1 there) player who plays half court.
Athletics: Only medal event left for India today is the men’s F35 shot up coming up around 445 pm IST. Arvind in contention. Here’s the start list.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6: Confirmed, Krishna Nagar also through to the semifinal.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6: It looks like Krishna Nagar is also through to te semifinal after his Malaysian opponent from earlier today retired from his 2nd match. We will confirm that in a bit.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3: AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF FOCUS, STAMINA AND RESILIENCE. The SL3 matches typically does see long rallies, and it is half court of course, but there is no disclaimer really needed for this point is there?
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Confirmation of the scoreline. The Ukrainian did not win more than one consecutive point at any time in the match. The first Indian shuttler to seal his progress to the knockouts in Tokyo. Manoj Sarkar will look to join him from this group when he takes on Chyrkov tomorrow in the deciding group match. Two Indians in the semifinal would be fantastic in this category.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Into the semifinal goes Pramod Bhagat! That puts him one win away from earning a medal for India (and he will have his eyes on more than just any medal)
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A:12 match points for Pramod Bhagat.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Two points away from the semifinal. 19-7 is the lead for Pramod.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: A few serves exchanged here but Pramod leading 16-6.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: It is now 14-3! That’s quite the run of points from the Indian. Ukrainian finally has serve back at 4-14 but gives it straight back.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Make that 11-3 at the mid-game interval! That is clinical from the top seed and he is minutes away from sealing his spot in the semifinal.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Now a 8-3 lead in the second for Pramod.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Second game begins and Pramod would ideally want to avoid what happened against Manoj Sarkar last night, when he was pushed to three games. The Indian has a 4-2 lead at the start.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Opening game to Bhagat 21-12. Chyrkov never won two points in a row. Dominant from the Indian world No 1.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: From a 13-7 lead it is now down to 15-10 briefly but Pramod pulls away again. Looking good for the opening game at 17-10.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Bhagat dictating tempo at the start and has opened up a 11-4 lead in the opening game.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Long shot badminton watching is happening again! A few glimpses caught of Pramod Bhagat opening up a 9-4 lead in the opening game. We saw some long rallies in this category yesterday but Pramod keeping things quick.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Bhagat with an early 4-1 lead in the opener. No telecast for this one, on court 3.
Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage - Group A: Time for Pramod Bhagat’s second match in this group. The world No 1 and top seed in the SL3 category (half court) can seal his progress to the semifinal with a win against world No 6 Oleksandr Chyrkov from Ukraine.
Taekwondo, Women K44 -49kg : Unfortunately it seems the Paralympics is over for young Aruna Tanwar! Report by Press Trust of India:
The 21-year-old started with a win against the 5th seed in round and then lost by a big margin in the quarterfinal against 4th seed which got us wondering. Deepa Malik confirmed an injury and now PTI are reporting that she has been forced to withdraw from the repechage round of the Paralympics women’s taekwondo K44-49kg class because of severe injuries sustained during her opening bout of the Games despite which she fought in the quarterfinals.
Aruna was scheduled to feature in the repechage round later in the evening after she lost to fourth-seeded Espinoza Carranza of Peru in the quarters. All losing quarterfinalists from the main draw make the repechage where a player has to win three bouts to clinch the bronze medal.
According to the report, a possible hit on her right foot during her opening round 29-9 win over fifth seed Danijela Jovanovic of Serbia drew curtains to her campaign. She was scheduled to take on Azerbaijan’s 10th seed Royala Fataliyeva in the repechage quarters.
The explanation given by the Indian delegation for Aruna’s withdrawal from the repechage round was “probable fracture of left forearm and possible fracture of right foot.” The withdrawal form also cited “severe pain and dysfunction due to the above injuries” as the reason behind her decision to not contest any further in the competition.
Aruna seemingly fought with the injury in the quarterfinals and lost against her Peruvian opponent 84-21.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: Here’s how the final standing looks. Huang Xing has such a great start to the final that he had sealed gold with final 5 shots left. And even a series of 1 at the end gave him a win by some distance.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: Looked set to make a push for podium in the early stages, but two series of 1 proved costly for Rahul Jakhar. Games debut at 35, took up para shooting as a sport only five or so years back & 5th place in final. Solid.
Ashish Magotra: Rahul goes out of the competition in fifth place. A very solid qualifying and then, a decent show in the final too., a big step up for him in his first Games.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: It looked like one good series could have taken Rahul Jakhar into podium contention but two series of 1s and suddenly he is the one getting eliminated. Shooting is cruel, exhibit X.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: OH NO! That’s a bad, bad time to have a series of just one! Rahul, instead of catching up on top, is now looking at the next elimination. Five left, very close still. 11, 12, 13 for 5, 4 and 3. PRESSURE!
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: There is a good series for Rahul! A useful 4, there haven’t been many of that. Opens up a gap to the ones below him, stays in touch with the podium places.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: The first elimination is done and it is the Ukrainian Liakhu, the only female in the final. Rahul is level on 4th place, 2 behind the 2nd and 3rd. Can he catch up here?
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: A shootoff between China and Ukraine for the first elimination. Rahul is safe for now.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: 15 shots done and after the third series, there is only one shooter comfortable at the top. Rahul should avoid the first elimination but needs a good series here to push up.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: There is a significant gap opening up from Huang Xing, with 8 from his first 10 and the second best is 4! Rahul with just one green in the 2nd series but the rest of the field is struggling too so he’s alright for the moment. Two more series of 5 shots left before eliminations.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final: A rather low-scoring start to the final. After the first series of five shots...
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final. Plenty of experience in the lineup for the final! Seven male and one female athletes in the final.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final. Should you want to watch this live, DD Sports is the place to go on TV... on YouTube the stream is here.
Taekwondo, Women K44 -49kg : Oh dear, that’s unfortunate. Would explain the big score difference as well after she defeated the 5th seed earlier. Remains to be seen if she can take part in repechage.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 - final at noon. Some background about Rahul Jakhar.
Badminton: There was lovely attacking play from Palak Kohli today. Nice use of the crosscourt and smashes. These two points here, nicely done. And a measure of how good Palak Kohli was and how well she dictated tempo: Zehra Baglar did not win more than 2 consecutive points in either the first game or the second game. Every time she tried to get a foothold, Kohli came hard at her.
Bounced back well from a tough first day.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: And there is the QF. Rahul Jakhar is through to the final. Riding on a superb score in the rapid series, he finishes 2nd in the table. Akash came 20th. Final coming up at noon IST. Seven male shooters and one female shooter in the top 8.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: Rahul through to the final, all but confirmed, as the shooters are almost done with their rapid rounds. Just waiting for the QF to appear.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A: A job done and in some style by Palak Kohli. The 19-year-old started brilliantly, dictated tempo & closed it out straight games against world No 8. If world No 1 Suzuki defeats the Turkish player, Kohli will progress to knockouts. Three groups and six progress with top two seeds evidently receiving a bye to the semis.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A Palak Kohli wins in straight games! A closer second game, was made to work hard but the Indian teenager defeats the world No 8 and puts herself in a great position to progress to the knockouts!
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A Match points for Kohli at 20-16. The Turkish player saves a couple.
(Clarification to the game difference point I was making earlier, that would of course apply only if Baglar defeats the top seed. Unlikely but better to be clinical here.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A Kohli keeps pulling back when Baglar wins a point or two. The Turkish shuttler hasn’t been able to win more than 2 points in the match so far... and she does that again to make it 18-15 from 17-15. Staying ahead.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A: A 11-7 lead for Kohli at the mid-game interval and she continues to make the right noises in this game. The importance of points won and lost cannot be overstated. Baglar started to move Kohli around but the Indian teenager’s smashes have been on point! Superb movement and decisive shot-making.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A And Baglar fights back. Kohli started the 2nd game well but the world No 8 is starting to find her touch, playing some nice drops. Kohli lets out the biggest roar when she moved back into the lead from 6-6 to 7-6.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A The Turkish player is the world no 8 and Kohli is world no 11 but the Indian has breezed through the second half of the opening game to take it 21-12. It is important for her to win this group match in straight games for the best chance to progress. Might come down to point differences.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A: She is pumped, is Kohli! Has a 17-10 lead. Great court coverage by the Indian and she is dictating tempo. Even the points that Beglar is getting are on errors from the Indian teenager’s racket.
Badminton Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A: Palak Kohli looking much more at ease so far today, than in the match against top seed. Has been pumped from the start, had a good lead of 10-6 but let the Turkish shuttler make a mini comeback. The Indian finishes with a smash to head into-the mid-game interval 11-8.
Badminton, Women’s Singles SU5: Time for Palak Kohli’s match now. A very important match for her against Turkey’s Zehra Baglar. The Indian lost 0-2 against the top seed yesterday. She is the World No 11 and is up against Baglar who is world No 8. Must win here and expect help from Suzuki.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B: Krishna Nagar wins in straight games. He was made to fight for it but had enough left in the tank. The second seed wins 22-20, 21-10.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B: The wide shot of court 1 is showing us the match on court 3! Small joys. Nagar is playing some lovely points, his agility is his strength and you could see that. Leading 17-9 in the 2nd game.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B: a 7-2 lead for Nagar in the 2nd game. On court 1 meanwhile, top seed in this category and on the other group, Shephard is losing comfortably against his doubles partner Coombs. Bit of a shock that one.
Badminton: It was a tough match for SL3 star shuttler Parul Parmar in the more mobile SL4 category against the world No 2 Cheng but she produced this lovely shot in the opening game! No-look shots are always awesome.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B: PHEW! The Malaysian saved 3 game points and made it 20-20 but Krishna Nagar moves ahead in the end and converts a 4th game point to take the opener. A rollerocaster that one!
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B: Nagar led comfortably 15-9 but it has been closed down to 17-19 by the Malaysian. The Indian now has game points though.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B: Breezing through the opening game, is Krishna Nagar. Has a 13-6 lead.
Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage - Group B: India’s Krishna Nagar, the second seed, is taking on Malaysia’s Didin Taresoh, the 7th seed. No stream for this one, it’s on court 3. The Indian has started well. This category is for short stature athletes.
Taekwondo, Women K44 -49kg quarterfinal: A defeat in the last eight for 12th seed Aruna Tanwar as the 4th seed from Peru wins 84-21 on score. She is however through to repechage stages.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: Both the Indians are done with their rapid series too... terrific from Rahul to finish with a 98 & then 99 for a total of 292 there. Placed 4th for now, but two more relay of shooters left. Looks good though as the rankings are done based on average scores. Too early still to say anything. Akash’s event is over, after a bad couple of series in precision and rapid, sub 90.
Rahul: Precision 93 95 96 Rapid 95 98 99 (Total: 576-14x)
Akash: Precision 93 89 96 Rapid 87 92 94 (Total: 551-11x)
Rapid stage at 9.00 am & Rahul has the better chance to reach top 8.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: An excellent 98 from Rahul Jakhar in his second series. He’s placed in top eight (4th as we speak) for now. More shooters to come of course in the next two relays but he’s doing his case no harm.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: The rapid stage has begun and Rahul Jakhar begins with a 95. Akash, on the other hand, has a poor start with just 87.
Taekwondo, Women K44 -49kg: Aruna Tanwar vs 4th seed and 23-year-old Leonor Carranza in the quarterfinal. The Peruvian had a first round bye. We are awaiting an update on the scores of this one, nothing yet on the official site.
Badminton Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - Group D: Not sure about you, but there was something inspiring about seeing that. Parul Parmar was obviously never going to pose a challenge to the second seed. But she was trying to give it a go, against a much-younger, much-more mobile opponent. Cheng wins 21-8, 21-2.
Badminton Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - Group D: Cheng leads 11-1 in the 2nd game. Parul Parmar is still trying to pump herself up, gather herself and trying to get a few points on board.
Badminton Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - Group D: First game to second seed Cheng, 21-8. Parul Parmar’s points came when she looked for the quick points. Made a couple of nice winners when she got the angles right.
Badminton Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - Group D: An absolutely delightful service return from Parul Parmar, a crosscourt drop. And a good one-two combo on the serve too. A fist bump here and there. She is not going to win of course, but she is out there trying everything she can.
Badminton Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - Group D: Parul had a few nice angles in the early exchanges and there was a few serve-exchanges. The second seed has moved into a 11-4 lead into the interval. As we would have thought the Indian veteran is relying a lot on her shot-making skills and looking for quick winners.
Badminton Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage - Group D: Time for Parul Parmar, the Indian veteran to take the court for the singles match. This will be a really tough challenge for her. Parul is one of the most accomplished shuttlers in the game in the SL3 category (world No 1). The SL3 is played on half court because of the level of impairment. The SL4 category is played full court. Parul got an entry in SL4 singles as she qualified for the Paralympics in the women’s doubles (SL3-SU6) category. She faces CHENG Hefang of China, the second seed (they played in the doubles match earlier too)
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification:
At the end of precision stage...
Rahul: 12th (Score: 284-7x)
Akash: 20th (Score: 278-5x)
Rapid stage at 9.00 am & Rahul has the better chance to reach top 8.
Taekwondo: Kicking is the main element of this sport and here’s a thread of Great Britain’s Amy Truesdale sharpening her technique, starting with a little home exercise. Practice, perfection and all that!
Taekwondo, Women K44 -49kg: After her win over 5th seed and 53-year-old Jovanovic of Serbia, Aruna Tanwar will face 4th seed and a much younger, 23-year-old Leonor Carranza in the quarterfinal, scheduled for 9 am. The Peruvian had a first-round bye.
Taekwondo, Women K44 -49kg: Aruna will face Peru’s Leonor Espinoza Carranza in the quarters.
Taekwondo, Women K44 -49kg Round of 16: Like Badminton, Taekwondo is another sport making its Games debut. India’s Aruna Tanwar (seeded 12th) has started with a win over 5th seed Danijela Jovanovic of Serbia.
Canoe, Women’s Va’a Single 200m - VL2: Prachi Yadav will be in semifinal 2 on Friday at 6.20 am where she would need to finish in the top 3 to progress to the final.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: Tarun dominating with his serve, opened up a big lead after the break and then closing it out easily. The two-time World Champion showing just why he is one of the favourites.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: A tighter second game, Tarun leads 11-8 at the interval. Teamarrom taking things up a notch and making Tarun work harder for his points.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: Tarun takes the opening game 21-7 in just 10 minutes. Completely in control of this one.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: Tarun leads 11-2 at the mid-game interval. Moving very well and his shot-making has been crisp.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: Tarun Dhillon, the second seed, will be in action now. He takes on Teamarrom of Thailand. Tarun is one of the favourites to medal in the event.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: 14 consecutive points for Yathiraj at one stage as he wins in straight games. Very solid show by the Indian.
Canoe Sprint: Women’s Va’a Single 200m - VL2 Heat 1: Prachi Yadav, the first Indian to participate in canoeing at Paralympics, finishes 4th in the heat. In pelting rain, worth adding! She will progress to the semifinal.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: Yathiraj was very much in control and he takes the opening game 21-9. His movement has been good and his touch has been even better. Very steady and consistent from the Indian.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: Yathiraj is seven points clear at the mid-game interval. The Indian had finished 5th in the World Championships and is looking good in this one.
Badminton, Men’s Singles SL4: India’s Suhas Yathiraj will take on Jan Potts. The match is about to begin.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: Rahul Jakhar is 7th best in his group with a total of 284 as the precision round comes to an end. Akash, the other Indian in the competition, is in 11th position with a total of 278. He had a poor second series of 89. The Rapid section will take place later in the day. Another group of shooters will now shoot their precision rounds.
Badminton, Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group play stage: Second seeds Cheng-Ma beat Kohli-Parmar in straight games. It took the Chinese pair just 20 minutes to win the match. Their short game was fantastic and helped them earn a lot of points.
Badminton, Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group play stage: Second seeds Cheng-Ma continuing to dominate the proceedings. They lead 11-4 as the second game goes into the mid-game break.
Badminton, Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group play stage: Second seeds Cheng-Ma Huihui of China take the first game 21-7.
Badminton, Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 Group play stage: India’s Parul Parmar and Palak Kohli are taking on second seeds Hefang Cheng and Ma Huihui of China.
Shooting, P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: India’s Akash, Rahul Jakhar have begun their precision rounds.
After badminton’s debut session was completed late on Wednesday, there is more action to look forward to from the Yoyogi National Stadium with a packed group-stage schedule for the Indian contingent today.
Six out of the seven Indian shuttlers (except Manoj Sarkar) will be in action through the day as some o them will learn their fates about progressing beyond the group stages.
The day also features one event each in shooting, athletics, taekwondo and canoe sprint.