India at Paralympics, Day 6, as it happened: India’s medal tally rises to 20 with five medals

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Another day to remember for Indian fans at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Athletes from the country won five medals with two silver and three bronze to push their medal tally to 20. The Paris Games is now India’s most successful Paralympics campaign in history, going past 19 medals in Tokyo three years back.

India’s medal rush on the day started on track at the Stade de France when Deepthi Jeevanji won the women’s 400m T20 bronze. This was followed up with a two double podium finishes in men’s javelin throw F46 and men’s high jump T63 to cap off a historic day for the country.

Multiple medals will be on offer for India on Wednesday and the contingent will eye to breach past the 25-medal mark. Do join us then!

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: A double podium for India confirmed in men’s javelin throw F64 as well with Ajeet Singh (65.62m) taking silver ahead of Sundar Singh Gurjar (64.96m).

It was a personal best throw for Ajeet Singh, while Rinku Hooda finished fifth with a season best 61.58m.

With the twin medals in javelin, India’s medal tally at the 2024 Paris Paralympics touches 20. This is the first-time ever India has touched the 20-medal mark in a single edition of either the Olympics or Paralympics.

India’s previous best was 19 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: It is a silver for Sharad Kumar, who wins his second Paralympics medal. He fails to clear 1.94m with his second attempt as well, making it three unsuccessful attempts in a row. But, he doesn’t care. Sharad has a big smile on his face. He is a Paralympics silver medallist now.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Sharad Kumar fails at his first 1.91m attempt while Frech Ezra clears it. The Indian has passed on his remaining two attempts at this height and will go at 1.94m.

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: Ajeet Singh moves to silver medal position. He throws 65.52m with his fifth attempt to push Sundar Singh Gurjar down to third.

Rinku Hooda has meanwhile fallen down to the fifth spot.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: It is bronze for Mariyappan Thangavelu, who finishes his set of Paralympic medals.

He finishes third best after failing to clear 1.88m with his third attempt as well.

Thangavelu now has a gold, silver, and a bronze at the Paralympics!

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Shailesh Kumar finishes fourth with a best of 1.85m. He fails all three of his attempts at 1.88m. Unfortunate for the youngster.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Sharad Kumar equals the Paralympic record. He clears 1.88m with his second attempt and lets out a huge roar.

Mariyappan Thangavelu, Shailesh Kumar, and Wagner Astacio falter for a second time.

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: Sundar Singh Gurjar improves to 64.96m to solidify his silver medal position. Ajeet Singh records 60.47m with his fourth attempt, while Rinku Hooda fouls. The duo however remain third and fourth respectively.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sharad Kumar, and Shailesh Kumar fail to go past 1.88m in their first attempt. Wagner Astacio also fails. But Frech Ezra clears it and moves into gold medal position. THAT’S A PARALYMPIC RECORD!

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: India’s Sharad Kumar and Shailesh Kumar clear 1.85m with their second attempt. Frech Ezra and Wagner Astacio follow the suit. We move to 1.88m now.

1.85m is already a season best for Sharad and personal best for Shailesh.

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: Sundar Singh Gurjar fouls his third attempt, while Ajeet Singh and Rinku Hooda improve to 62.33m and 60.58m respectively.

The Indians currently occupy second, third, and fourth spots behind Cuba’s Varona. All three of them are through to top eight and will get three more throws.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Mariyappan Thangavelu is the only athlete to clear 1.85m with his first attempt. Sharad Kumar and Shailesh Kumar falter. So do Frech Ezra and Wagner Astacio.

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: Sundar Singh Gurjar records 61.75m with his second attempt and continues to be second. Ajeet Singh improves to 60.53m to solidify his third spot, while Rinku Hooda fouls his attempt - the javelin though landed well past the 60m mark.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Five athletes remain in contention in the event after the 1.81m height. Three of them are Indians. That is atleast a medal confirmed for India.

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: Massive from Sundar Singh Gurjar. He records 62.92m with his first attempt to breifly take the top spot. But the Indian is soon overtaken by Cuba’s Guillermo Varona with a 63.63m throw.

After first round of throws, Gurjar is in the second place while Ajeet Singh sits third.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Sharad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, and Shailesh Kumar all cross 1.81m with their first attempt.

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: Ajeet Singh starts off with a 59.80m throw in his first attempt. Rinku Hooda records 57.34m. Sundar Singh Gurjar yet to get the javelin in his hands.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Sam Grewe, the reigning champion and the silver medallist from 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, fails to clear 1.77m thrice in a row. The American veteran is the first athlete to be knocked out of the competition. Unfortunate for Grewe.

Athletics, Men’s high jump T63: Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu come in at the third height of 1.77m. Both of them clear it in the first attempt without any hiccups.

Shailesh Kumar, too, follows the suit and clears it on his first attempt.

Athletics, Men’s javelin throw F46: Yet another medal event about to start at the Stade de France. India have Sundar Singh Gurjar, Ajeet Singh, and Rinku Hooda in contention with a possible podium sweep within reach.

Athletics, men’s high jump T64: Shailesh Kumar has cleared the 1.72m bar with his first attempt. Good start for the reigning Asian Para Games champion.

Athletics, men’s high jump T64: The competition starts at 1.67m and all three Indians have decided to pass on the opening height. Shailesh Kumar is expected to come in at 1.72m, while Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu have passed on it as well.

Athletics, men’s high jump T64: Three Indians – two-time medallist and former champion Mariyappan Thangavelu, 2020 Tokyo medallist Sharad Kumar, and Shailesh Kumar – in contention in the event for podium spots.

Before the 2024 Paris Paralympics, India had never won a track medal at the quadrennial event. Now the country has three:

Bronze: Preethi Pal in women’s 100m T35

Bronze: Preethi Pal in women’s 200m T35

Bronze: Deepthi Jeevanji in women’s 400m T20

Athletics, women’s 400m T20: It is medal No 16 for India at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Deepthi Jeevanji pockets the bronze medal with a 55.82s run in women’s 400m T20 final.

She finishes behind Yuliia Shuliar and Ayesl Onder of Turkey to find a spot on the podium on her Paralympics deut.

Athletics, women’s 400m T20: Deepthi Jeevanji, the reigning world champion, is now in action in the women’s 400m T20 Final. She had her world record broken yesterday. Can she regain that with a gold?

Archery, women’s recurve individual open: Pooja concedes the deciding set 24-27. She concedes the match as well. Her run at the 2024 Paris Paralympics comes to an abrupt end in the quarter-finals at the hands of Wang Chunyun after leading 4-0.

Pooja loses 4-6.

Archery, women’s recurve individual open: A complete shift in momentum. Pooja seems to have lost the plot completely. She concedes the fourth set 24-27. Wang equalises 4-4. We head into a deciding set!

Archery, women’s recurve individual open: Pooja messes up. She shoots two 10s with her first two arrows and needs a nine or higher to win the set. She, however, strays into seven. Wang takes the third set 29-27. Pooja leads 4-2.

Archery, women’s recurve individual open: Pooja needed a ten with her final shot and she does exactly that. The Indian wins the second set 25-24 after a poor start. Pooja leads 4-0.

Archery, women’s recurve individual open: A 10, 9, 9 from Pooja as he wins the first set 28-23 to take a 2-0 lead in the quarter-final. Wang struggling for her rhythm.

Archery, women’s recurve individual open: India’s Pooja is in the middle of the action for her quarter-final clash. She is up against China’s Wang Chunyan, who had finished second in the qualification round.

Coming up shortly is archery action as Pooja takes on Wu Chunyan of China in the women's individual recurve open quarter-final.

That will be followed by action from athletics where the likes of former Paralympic high jump champion Mariyappan Thangavelu will be in action.

Stay tuned!

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 final: It wasn't to be for Avani Lekhara. She exits in fifth place with a total of 420.6, behind fourth placed Anna Benson of Sweden with 422.5.

Valiant effort, and she still has a big smile on her face. But she will return home from Paris with just one gold medal. Not a bad return at all.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 final: Now a shooter will be eliminated after every shot.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 final: A podium finish looks difficult now for Lekhara. The standing series have not been good for her and she has a total of 400.7 and is in fifth place.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 final: The standing position is up next. There will be two series of five shots each, after which the elimination rounds begin.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 final: The inconsistencies continue for Avani Lekhara in the prone stage, but this time she drops down to sixth, with a score of 301.5. China's Zhang Cuiping is in third place with 304.3.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 final: Rather inconsistent shooting in the kneeling stage, but Avani Lekhara is in second position with a score of 150.9, trailing only China's Zhang Cuiping on 151.5.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 final: Avani Lekhara is looking to become the first Indian, across the Olympics and Paralympics, to win multiple medals at successive editions.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 qualification: Avani Lekhara is through to the final of the R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 event. She finished seventh in the qualification round with a score of 1159.

Mona Agarwal finished 13th with 1147.

The final is scheduled to start at 7:30 pm IST.

Athletics, women's shot put F34 final: Bhagyashri Jadhav is out of medal contention. Her best throw of 7.28m has been surpassed by three other opponents so far, with another four yet to throw.

Archery, women's individual recurve open, round of 16: Straight-forward win for Pooja, as she beats Turkey's Yagmul Sengul 6-0 to book a spot in the quarter-final.

She will play for a spot in the semi-final at 9:21 pm today.

Archery, women's individual recurve open, round of 16: Pooja is up next. She takes on Turkey's Yagmul Sengul for a spot in the quarter-final.

Athletics, women's shot put F34 final: Bhagyashri Jadhav is done with her six attempts. Her last throw was her best one, measuring 7.28m. It puts her in second place for now, with six shot putters yet to throw.

We'll have to wait to see if her performance was good enough to earn her a spot on the podium.

Athletics, women's shot put F34 final: Bhagyashri Jadhav is up next.

Archery, women's individual recurve open, round of 16: Pooja will take on Turkey's Yagmul Sengul for a spot in the quarter-final. The match will start at 3:20 pm.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 qualification: The Indians have finished the prone stage of qualification. Avani Lekhara remains in the top 8 with a total of 778, but Mona Agarwal has dropped to 15th with 764.

Athletics, women's shot put F34 final: Bhagyashri Jadhav is the first Indian to compete in athletics today.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 qualification: Good start to the qualification round from Avani Lekhara, as she scores 388 in the kneeling phase to stay within the top 8. Mona Agarwal has a bit of catching up to do, having scored 381 to stay in 12th place.

Shooting, R8 women's 50m rifle 3-positions SH 1 qualification: Days after winning a gold and bronze in the R2 10m air rifle SH 1 event, Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal, respectively, are back. This time they're competing in the longer and more gruelling format.

Lekhara had won bronze in this event in Tokyo.

Qualification starts at 1 pm.

China continues to dominate the medal tally. India has now jumped up to 15th after the eight medals won on Monday.

Hello and welcome to Scroll’s coverage of Day 6 of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.

Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal, who won gold and bronze respectively in the R2 10m air rifle SH1 event a few days ago, are back in action. This time the duo will be competing in the R8 50m 3-positions rifle SH1 event.

Bhagyashri Jadhav will then compete in the final of the women’s shot put F34, before Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar – silver and bronze medallists respectively from Tokyo 2020 – compete in the men’s T63 high jump event.

Plenty of medals are up for grabs once again.

Stay tuned!

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