India at Paralympics 2024, Day 5, as it happened: Sumit, Nitesh bag gold as India win eight medals

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A historic day for India in Paris. The Indian contingent bagged a total of eight medals, includling two gold medals with Nitesh Kumar (men’s singles SL3 badminton) and Sumit Antil (men’s javelin throw F64) finishing on the top most spot of the podium.

Besides the Kumar and Antil, Yogesh Kathuniya, Thulasimathi Murugesan, and Suhas Yathiraj won a silver medal apiece, whereas Rakesh Kumar-Sheetal Devi, Manisha Ramadass, and Nithya Sre Sivan pocketed a bronze medal for themselves.

India’s medal tally has grown to 15 medals with three gold, five silver, and seven bronze medals.

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Badminton, women’s singles SH6, bronze medal match: Nithya Sre Sivan wins the bronze medal. She beats Rina Marlina 21-14, 21-6 in just 23 minutes to win India’s eighth medal of the day.

The win mark’s the Indian shuttler’s first-ever career win over Marlina. What a stage to do it!

Badmiton, women’s singles SH6, bronze medal match: Nithya Sre Sivan opens up a 7-0 lead, but Marlina fights back. The Indian, though, weathers the storm and swings the momentum back in her favourt to pocket the opening game 21-14 in 14 minutes.

Just a game away from a spot on the podium in Nithya Sre Sivan. Reminder, that she has never beaten Rina Marlina before in her career.

Badminton, women’s singles SH6: India’s Nithya Sre Sivan is out on court for her bronze medal match. She goes up against Rina Marlina of Indonesia with an eye on the podium.

Athletics, women’s discus throw F53: India’s Kanchan Lakhani throws a personal best 10.06m with her sixth and final attempt. That unfortunately would not be enough to earn a spot on the podium for the 40-year-old from Faridabad. She will finish sixth or seventh out of eight athletes with Mexico’s Ochoa Delgado Leticia yet to throw.

Athletics, women’s 400m T20 Heat 1: India’s Deepthi Jeevanji wins the heat, clocking 55.45s. The word record holder moves into the final!

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sandeep Chaudhary (62.80m) and Sandip Sargar (58.03m), meanwhile, finish fourth and seventh respectively.

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sumit Antil defends his Paralympics gold. He wins men’s javelin throw F64 with a Paralympic record throw of 70.58m.

Antil pockets India’s third gold medal of the 2024 Paralympic Games. He is also only the third Indian after Devendra Jhajaria and Avani Lekhara to win two Paralympic gold medals for India!

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: No change in standings after fifth throws for the three Indians in contention. Sandeep Chaudhary continues to be fourth, can he find the much needed push with his final attempt to climb up to the podium?

Badminton, men’s singles SL4, bronze medal match: Sukant Kadam loses to Freddy Setiawan of Indonesia 17-21, 18-21. His Paralympic dreams are shattered and so are India’s hope for a double podium in the event.

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sandeep Chaudhary improves to 62.80m, while Sandip Sargar records 58.03m in their respective third attempts.

Chaudhary continues to be in the fourth spot, while Sargar is currently seventh with Antil leading the field. All three Indians are through to the top eight, they will get three more attempts each.

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: A 66.66m throw from Sumit Antil with his third attempt. This throw alone would comfortably put him on the gold medal spot currently, but he is unhappy. Antil has his standards set high!

Archery, mixed team compound open: India win bronze!! What a thrilling contest. Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar come in clutch in the final end as they score a perfect forty. Sheetal Devi is a Paralympic medalist at 16 and veteran Rakesh Kumar proves his experience is why he is No 1 ranked. Close from the Italians but the final end seems to be decisive.

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sumit Antil leads the field comfortably after two round of throws. India’s Sandeep Chaudhary is fourth with a best of 60m, while Sandip Sargar is seventh with 57.04m.

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sumit Antil eclipses his own Paralympic record set minutes back with an even better throw of 70.59m.

That should pretty much be the gold medal confirmed for the Indian!

Archery, mixed team compound open: The Indians score a perfect forty at the second end but the teams are tied at 78-78 after the half-way stage. Another thrilling end to the contest?

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: Sumit Antil doing Sumit Antil things. Steps up for his first throw and it is a monster 69.11m. A Paralympic record with his very first throw for the reigning champion.

Athletics, men’s javelin throw F64: India have three athletes in action, including the reigning champion and world record holder Sumit Antil. The other two Sandeep Chaudhary and Sandip Sargar too are medal contenders. Can India sweep the podium?

Archery, mixed team compound open bronze medal match: Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar will take on the Italian team of Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonacina for the bronze medal.

Badminton, men’s singles SL4, gold medal match: There’s the inevitable. Suhas Yathiraj, once again, no match to Lucas Mazur of France. The Indian goes down 9-21, 13-21 in just 34 minutes. It was a repeat of the Tokyo Paralympics final and the result does not change either.

Suhas Yathiraj is a two-time Paralympics silver medallist.

Badminton, men’s singles SL4, bronze medal match: Sukant Kadam is out on court 3 for his bronze medal match against Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan. A delayed start to the contest, but its time to get underway.

Can Kadam make it a double podium for India in men’s singles SL4?

Archery, mixed team compound open semi-final: What drama towards the end. Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar thought they had a 152-151 win, but Hadi Nori's attempt is upgraded from a 9 to 10 to level the scores.

In the shootoff, all four archers managed to score a 10, but Fatemeh Hemmati's shot is 1.1mm away from the bullseye – there's virtually no beating that.

Heartbreak for India, but they will compete for the bronze medal match shortly.

Badminton, men's singles SL4, gold medal match: Suhas Yathiraj looks no match to a much superior Lucas Mazur in the opening game. The Indian is being pushed to all corners of the court and he has no answers. Yathiraj concedes the opening game 9-21 in 15 minutes.

Archery, mixed team compound open semi-final: It's getting tense now. Both teams are at 113 after three Ends. Last four arrows for each team coming up.

Badminton, men's singles SL4, gold medal match: Suhas Yathiraj trails 3-10 against Lucas Mazur in 13 encounters between the duo. The Indian will have an uphill task with a partisan crowd in favour of Mazur to boot.

Archery, mixed team compound open semi-final: At the half-way stage, India has a slender 76-75 lead over Iran.

Archery, mixed team compound open semi-final: Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar are up against Iran's Fetemeh Hemmati and Hadi Nori for a spot in the mixed team compound final.

Badminton, men's singles SL4: Suhas Yathiraj takes on home favourite Lucas Mazur in what is a repeat of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics final, in this year's title clash at the La Chapelle Arena. The Indian had finished on wrong side of the result then, can he go one better this time around?

Meanwhile Sukant Kadam, who had lost to Yathiraj in the semi-finals, will take on Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan simultaneously in the men's singles SL4 bronze medal match. He'll be aiming to win a medal on debut.

Archery, mixed team compound open semi-final: Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar will take on the Iranian team of Fatemeh Hemmati and Hadi Nori for a spot in the final. The match is expected to take place at 9:40 pm.

Archery, mixed team compound open quarter-final: Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar beat the Indonesian team of Teodora Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang with an arrow to spare. The Indians secure their spot in the semi-final by a score of 154-143. They're now a win away from a medal.

Badminton, women’s singles SU5: It is not be for Thulasimathi Murugesan. The top seeded Indian is completely outplayed by the reinging champion Yang Qiu Xia, who extends her dominance in women’s singles SU5.

Thulasimathi has to be happy with a silver following a 17-21, 10-21 loss in 30 minutes.

Badminton, women’s singles SU5: Manisha Ramadass secures a bronze medal in women’s singles SU5. The 19-year-old on her Paralympic debut beats Denmark’s Cathrine Rosengren 21-12, 21-8 in just 25 minutes!

Badminton, women’s singles SU5: In the gold medal match, India’s Thulasimathi Murugesan has let an early advantage slip. The top seed led at the mid-game interval, but ends up conceding the opening game 17-21. An uphill battle ahead for Thulasimathi if she is to win the gold.

Badminton, women’s singles SU5: Manisha Ramadass is on the charge in the bronze medal match. She doesn’t have to break a sweat as she cruises to pocket the opening game 21-12. Just a game away from a bronze medal is Ramadass.

Badminton, women’s singles SU5: We are back with LIVE action. Some badminton to kickstart in what is expected to be a long and successful night for India at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Thulasimathi Murugesan goes up against China’s Yang Qiu Xia, the reigning champion, in women’s singles SU5 final.

Meanwhile Manisha Ramadass, who lost her semifinal against Thulasimathi on Sunday, fights for bronze against Denmark’s Cathrine Rosengren simultaneously.

Shooting, Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification Rapid: Nihal Singh and Amir Ahmad Bhat fail to make it to the top 8. At the end of the rapid stage, Singh's total of 569 is the same as the shooters in eight and ninth place, but he has fewer inner tens, keeping him in 10th place. Bhat finishes 11th with a score of 568.

Badminton, men's singles SL3: Nitesh Kumar is a Paralympic champion. He was leading 19-16, before Bethell fought back to equalise at 19-19. The British shuttler then saved a match point, before earning one of his own.

World No 1 Kumar keeps his calm to save the match point, wins two more points to secure the gold medal. He has beaten Bethell for the first time in his career, on the tenth time of the asking. WHAT A DAY TO DO IT!

Badminton, men's singles SL3: Nitesh Kumar squanders a two-point advantage from the midgame interval as Daniel Bethell fights back. The second seed from Great Britain ups the ante in the latter stages of the second game to pocket it 21-18 and force a decider.

The world No 1 Kumar will feel he has let the opportunity slip. He will have to put this debacle behind quickly.

Badminton, men's singles SL3: Typical SL3 contest this. Extremely long rallies – 122 shots being the longest so far. Nitesh Kumar started off slowly, but has started to grow in confidence. The Indian pockets the opening game 21-14 in 32 minutes. Pressure now on Daniel Bethell to respond.

Badminton, men's singles SL3: India's big medal hope Nitesh Kumar is out on medal for his title clash against the reigning silver medallist Daniel Bethell. The Indian World No 1 trails 0-9 in head to head encounters.

Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: It is a silver for Yogesh Kathuniya and an eighth medal for India! He joins a select list of athletes who have won medals at multiple Paralympic and Olympic Games.

Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: Yogesh Kathuniya finishes with a best throw of 42.22m. As has been the case in the previous two Para World Championships and the Tokyo Paralympics, Kathuniya is unable get the better of Claudiney dos Santos.
Only Greece’s Konstantinos Tzounis is left in the final.

Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: Yogesh Kathuniya assures India of another medal in Paris and he does it with his first throw of 42.22m, a season’s best. He needs to make up another four metres to challenge for gold however.

Badminton, mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match: Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan lose the mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match 17-21, 12-21 to Indonesia's Subhan and Rina Marlina.

Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: Yogesh Kathuniya is up next in the final. Claudiney Batista dos Santos, the reigning champion, broke the Paralympics record with a throw of 46.86m. In a four-man final, Kathuniya needs to throw more than 41.20m to assure himself of a medal.

Badminton, mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match: Shaky start from the Indian pair, but they did recover a bit towards the end, as the Indonesian team took the opening game 21-17 in the mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match.

Shooting, Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification Precision: Nihal Singh and Amir Ahmad Bhat have made a decent start, being placed fourth and eight respectively after the precision round.

Singh scored 287 while Bhat scored 286.

The rapid stage of the qualification event will start at 4:30 pm.

Badminton, mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match: Second seeds from India Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan take on the Indonesian pair of Subhan and Rina Marlina for the bronze medal.

Athletics, men’s discus throw F56 final: India could win it’s first track and field gold medal in Paris as Yogesh Kathuniya takes part in the men’s discus throw final. Kathuniya, a Tokyo 2020 silver medallist, is all but assured of a medal with only four competitors in the final.

Shooting, P3 - mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification: Nihal Singh and Amir Ahmad Bhat are the first Indians in action today as they compete in the mixed 24m pistol SH1 event. It is one of the few individual events in Paralympics where both male and female shooters compete against each other.

There will be three series of 10 shots each in the precision and rapid event with the top eight qualifying for the final which will take place at 8.15pm tonight.

Shooting, Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification Precision: Nihal Singh and Amir Ahmad Bhat will be competing for India in this event. The rapid stage of the qualification event is scheduled for 4:30 pm IST today, with the final to take place at 8:15 pm. The top eight after the rapid stage will make it to the final.

The medal tally at the start of Day 5.

China has a strong lead in the overall tally with 33 gold medals, 27 silver and 11 bronze for 71 medals in total. India is currently 27th with one gold, two silver and four bronze for seven medals in total. That number will be expected to go up today.

Hello and welcome to Scroll’s coverage of Day 5 of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games!

It is a big day for India at the Paris Paralympics with at least three medals assured, if not more, across athletics, badminton and shooting.

Reigning Olympic champion Sumit Antil is favourite to defend his javelin title with the likes of Sandip Sanjay Sargar and Saneep hoping to make it an all-Indian podium.

Discus throwers Yogesh Kathuniya and Kanchan Lakhani will also be hoping to add to India’s tally today.

India are assured of three medals in badminton with Nitesh Kumar, Suhas Yathiraj and Thulasimathi Murugesan competing in the finals of their respective events. There is also an Indian presence in four bronze medal matches.

After their disappointment in their respective individual events, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar are hoping to clinch gold in the compound archery mixed team event.

Stay tuned!

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