After a two-week break, Paris is set to welcome the world's top athletes once more as the 2024 Paralympic Games kick off on Wednesday.

India had secured 12 medals in all previous Paralympic Games combined, before 2020. However, they made a historic leap at Tokyo in 2021, winning 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze.

Also read: Paralympics: History, India’s medals, contingent and more – all you need to know about Paris 2024

On Thursday, the opening day of competition, India’s archers will take center stage, including Tokyo bronze medallist Harvinder Singh and Sarita, a two-time Hangzhou Asian Para Games medallist.

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Para-archer Sheetal Devi, a gold medallist at the Hangzhou Asian Games, will also begin her journey in the women’s individual compound open event.

Krishna Nagar, who clinched gold in badminton at Tokyo 2020, is eyeing another gold in Paris as he competes in the first group stage match of the men’s singles SH6 category.

India's schedule – August 29 (all times in IST)

Sport Start Time Event Athlete Medal Event
Para Badminton 12.00 pm Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Group play) Nitesh Kumar/Murugesan Thulasimathi  No
Para Badminton 12.00 pm Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Group play) Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli No
Para Badminton Not before 12.40 pm Mixed Doubles SH6 (Group play) Sivarajam Solaimalai/Nithye Sre Sumathy No
Para Badminton Not before 2.00 pm Women's Singles SL3 (Group play) Mandeep Kaur No
Para Badminton Not before 2.00 pm Women's Singles SL3 (Group play) Manasi Joshi No
Para Badminton Not before 2.40 pm Men's Singles SL4 (Group play) Sukant Kadam No
Para Badminton Not before 3.20 pm Men's Singles SL4 (Group play) Suhas Lalinakere Yathira No
Para Badminton Not before 3.20 pm Men's Singles SL4 (Group play) Tarun No
Para Badminton Not before 4.00 pm Men's Singles SL3 (Group play) Nitesh Kumar No
Para Badminton Not before 4.00 pm Men's Singles SL3 (Group play) Manoj Sarkar No
Para Cycling 4.25 pm Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying Jyoti Gaderiya No
Para Archery 4.30 pm onwards Men's Individual Recurve Open (Ranking Round) Harvinder Singh No
Para Archery 4.30 pm onwards Women's Individual Compound Open (Ranking Round) Sarita No
Para Archery 4.30 pm onwards Women's Individual Compound Open (Ranking Round) Sheetal Devi No
Para Badminton Not before 4.40 pm Women's Singles SL4 (Group play) Palak Kohli No
Para Badminton Not before 5.20 pm Women's Singles SU5 (Group play) Murugesan Thulasimathi  No
Para Badminton 7.30 pm Men's Singles SH6 (Group play) Sivarajam Solaimalai No
Para Badminton 7.30 pm Women's Singles SU5 (Group play) Manisha Ramadass No
Para Badminton 7.30 pm Women's Singles SH6 (Group play) Nithya Sre Sumathy No
Para Badminton 7.30 pm Men's Singles SH6 (Group play) Krishna Nagar No
Para Archery 8.30 pm onwards Men's Individual Compound Open (Ranking Round) Shyam Sundar Swami No
Para Archery 8.30 pm onwards Men's Individual Compound Open (Ranking Round) Rakesh Kumar No
Para Archery 8.30 pm onwards Women's Individual Recurve Open (Ranking Round) Pooja No
Para Archery 8.30 pm onwards Mixed team Compound Open (Ranking Round) Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar
Sarita
Shyam Sundar Swami
 No
Para Archery 8.30 pm onwards  Mixed team Recurve Open (Ranking Round) Harvinder Singh
Pooja 		No
Para Taekwondo 8.30 pm Women K44 - 47kg Aruna No
Para Badminton Not before 10.10 pm Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Group play) Nitesh Kumar/Murugesan Thulasimathi  No
Para Badminton Not before 10.50 pm Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Group play) Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli No

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