Paris Paralympics 2024, Day 3 Results: Rubina Francis Adds 5th Medal; Archers Suffer Heartbreak

The third day of the Paris Paralympics saw Clubfooted shooter Rubina Francis extend India’s medal-winning run with a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol SH1 whereas the shuttlers also assured the country of a medal with Sukant Kadam setting up a men’s singles SL4 semifinal clash with Suhas Yathiraj at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday.

Rubina’s bronze was India’s fourth medal from the shooting range and fifth overall. The 25-year-old from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh aggregated 211.1 to finish third in the eight-woman final behind Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi (236.8) and Turkey’s Aysel Ozgan (231.1).

The archers suffered a heartbreak as Sarita Kumari’s splendid run ended in the quarterfinals and armless wonder Sheetal Devi also crashed out in the last-16 stage in the compound women’s open category.

India’s Results at the Paris Paralympics, August 31 (Saturday)

Para Shooting: Rubina Francis claimed a bronze medal in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event with a score of 211.1

Para Shooting: Swaroop Unhalkar bowed out after finishing 14th place in the Men’s R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualifiers with a score of 613.4

Para Badminton: Sivarajan Solaimalai lost to Great Britain’s Krysten Coombs 12-21, 10-21 in Men’s Singles SH6 Group Stage A

Para Archery: Sarita Kumar lost to Turkey’s Oznur Cure 140-145 in the last 8 of the Women’s Individual Compound Open

Para Archery: Sheetal Devi lost 137-138 to Chile’s Zuniga Mariana in the Women’s Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination round

Para Cycling: Arshad Shaik failed to qualify for the final after finishing 17^th with a timing of 1:26.154 in the Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial

Para Cycling: Jyoti finished 11th in the time trial round with a timing of 52.098 seconds thus failing to make it to the Women’s C1-3 500m finals.

Para Badminton: Sukant Kadam sealed his semi-final berth, defeating Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom 21–12, 21-12 in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage

Para Badminton: Manisha Ramadass lost against China’s Xia Qiu Yang 15-21, 7-21 but proceeded to the Quarterfinals after coming 2nd from SU5 Group Stage C

Para Badminton: Tarun Dhillon bowed out following a 2-0 loss to France’s Lucas Mazur in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage

Para Badminton: Manoj Sarkar’s campaign ended despite a 2-0 win against China’s Jianyuan Yang as he finished 3^rd Men’s Singles SL3 Group Stage

Para Badminton: Nitesh Kumar defeated Thailand’s Bunsun Mongkhon 2-0 in straight games with a score line of 21-13 and 21-14 to advance to the next round of Men’s Singles SL3 Group Stage

Para Badminton: Mandeep Kaur defeated Australia’s Vinot Celine 21-23, 21-10, 21-17 to qualify for the Women’s Singles SL3 quarter-finals

Para Rowing: Anita and Narayana Kongannapalle qualified for Final B, securing a 3rd place finish in the Repechage round with a timing of 7:54.33 minutes.

Para-Badminton: Nitya Sree Sumathy Shivan went down fighting 20-22, 18-21 to Lin Shuangbao in the Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group A Match.

Para-Badminton: Natthapong Meechai beat Krishna Nagar (Ret) 22-20, 11-3 in the Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group B Match.

Para-Badminton: Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon of the USA beat Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan of India 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 21-13) in the semifinal of the mixed doubles event.

10:30 PM IST – Para Athletics – Parveen Kumar finished 8th in the Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final with a best throw of 42.12.