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Indian athletes will aim to secure more medals on Day 4 of the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympics on Sunday.

India’s Avani Lekhara will compete in the R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.

Here is the full schedule of Indian athletes on Day 4:

• 12:00 PM – Para-Badminton – Women’s Singles SL3 Quarterfinal – Mandeep Kaur vs Mariam Eniola Bolaji (NGR)
• Not before 12:50 PM – Para-Badminton – Women’s Singles SL4 Quarterfinal – Palak Kohli vs Khalimatus Sadiyah (INA)
• 1:00 PM – Para Shooting – R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification – Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhara
• 1:39 PM – Para Athletics – Women’s 1500m – T11 Round 1 – Rakshitha Raju
• Not before 1:40 PM – Para-Badminton – Women’s Singles SU5 Quarterfinal – Manisha Ramadass vs Toyoda Mamiko (JPN)
• 2:00 PM – Para Rowing – PR3 Mixed Double Sculls Final B – Anita, Narayana Konganapalle
• 3:00 PM – Para Shooting – R5 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 Qualification – Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna
• 3:12 PM – Para Athletics – Men’s Shot Put – F40 Final – Ravi Rongali
• 4:30 PM – Para Shooting – R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Final – Sidhartha Babu, Avani Lekhara (Subject to qualification)
• Not before 5:00 PM – Para-Badminton – Women’s Singles SH6 Quarterfinal – Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Oliwia Szmigiel (POL)
• 6:30 PM – Para Shooting – R5 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 Final – Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna (Subject to qualification)
• 7:17 PM – Para Archery – Men’s Individual Compound Open, 1/8 Elimination – Rakesh Kumar vs Ken Swagumilang (INA)
• 8:10 PM – Para-Badminton – Men’s Singles SL3 Semifinal – Nitesh Kumar vs Daisuke Fujihara (JPN)
• Not before 9:00 PM – Para-Badminton – Women’s Singles SL3 Semifinal – Mandeep Kaur vs Xiao Zuxian (CHN) (Subject to qualification)
• Not before 9:50 PM – Para-Badminton – Men’s Singles SL4 Semifinal – Suhas Yathiraj vs Sukant Kadam
• Not before 10:40 PM – Para-Badminton – Women’s Singles SL4 Semifinal – Palak Kohli vs Leani Ratri Oktila (INA) (Subject to qualification)
• 9:15 PM – Para Table Tennis – Women’s Singles WS4 Round of 16 – Bhavinaben Patel vs Martha Verdin (MEX)
• 9:16 PM – Para Archery – Men’s Individual Compound Open Quarterfinals – Rakesh Kumar (Subject to qualification)
• 10:24 PM – Para Archery – Men’s Individual Compound Open Semifinals – Rakesh Kumar (Subject to qualification)
• 10:40 PM – Para Athletics – Men’s High Jump – T47 Final – Nishad Kumar, Ram Pal
• 11:13 PM – Para Archery – Men’s Individual Compound Open Medal Rounds – Rakesh Kumar (Subject to qualification)
• 11:27 PM – Para Athletics – Women’s 200m – T35 Final – Preethi Pal
• 12:15 AM – Para Table Tennis – Women’s Singles WS3 Round of 16 – Sonalben Patel vs Andela Muzinic Vincetic (CRO)
• Not before 12:20 AM – Para-Badminton – Women’s Singles SH6 Semifinal – Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Lin Shuangbao (CHN) (Subject to qualification)

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India’s campaign at the Paris Paralympics 2024 kicked off on August 29.

This year, India has sent its largest-ever contingent to the Games, with 84 athletes representing the nation in Paris. Of these, 38 Indian athletes will be competing in various athletics events starting from August 30.

India aims to build on its successful performance at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, where the nation secured 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze). This haul exceeded the total tally of 12 medals that India had won in all previous Games combined since their debut at the 1968 Paralympics.

Notably, 18 out of India’s 31 Paralympic medals have come from athletics, including four gold, nine silver, and five bronze.

Here is the day-wise athletics schedule for India at the 2024 Paris Paralympics:

August 30

• 13:30 – Women’s Discus Throw F55 Final – Karam Jyoti, Sakshi Kasana
• 14:00 – Women’s 100m T35 Round 1 – Preethi Pal
• 16:39 – Women’s 100m T35 Round 1 Final – Preethi Pal*
• 00:20 – Men’s Shot Put F37 Final – Manu

August 31

• 22:30 – Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final – Parveen Kumar

September 1

• 13:40 – Women’s 1500m T11 Round 1 – Rakshitha Raju
• 15:09 – Men’s Shot Put F40 Final – Ravi Rongali
• 22:58 – Men’s High Jump T47 Final – Ram Pal, Nishad Kumar
• 23:08 – Women’s 200m T35 Final – Preethi Pal

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September 2

• 13:35 – Men’s Discus Throw F56 Final – Yogesh Kathuniya
• 13:40 – Women’s 1500m T11 Final – Rakshitha Raju*
• 22:30 – Men’s Javelin Throw F64 Final – Sumit Antil, Sandeep, Sandip Sanjay Sargar
• 22:34 – Women’s Discus Throw F53 Final – Kanchan Lakhani
• 23:50 – Women’s 400m T20 Round 1 – Deepthi Jeevanji
• 00:10 – Men’s Javelin Throw F46 Final – Ajeet Singh, Rinku, Sundar Singh Gurjar

September 3

• 14:26 – Women’s Shot Put F34 Final – Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav
• 22:38 – Women’s 400m T20 Final – Deepthi Jeevanji*
• 23:40 – Men’s High Jump T63 Final – Mariyappan Thangavelu, Shailesh Kumar, Sharad Kumar

September 4

• 13:35 – Men’s Shot Put F46 Final – Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Mohd. Yasser, Rohit Kumar
• 15:16 – Women’s Shot Put F46 Final – Amisha Rawat
• 22:50 – Men’s Club Throw F51 Final – Dharambir, Amit Kumar, Pranav Soorma
• 23:00 – Women’s 100m T12 Round 1 – Simran

September 5

• 15:10 – Women’s 100m T12 Semifinal – Simran*
• 22:47 – Women’s 100m T12 Final – Simran*
• 23:49 – Men’s Shot Put F35 – Arvind

September 6

• 13:39 – Women’s 200m T12 Round 1 – Simran
• 14:08 – Men’s Javelin Throw F54 – Dipesh Kumar
• 14:47 – Men’s 400m T47 Round 1 – Dilip Mahadu Gavit
• 15:18 – Men’s High Jump T64 Final – Praveen Kumar
• 22:30 – Men’s Shot Put F57 Final – Soman Rana, Hokato Hotozhe Sema
• 22:48 – Women’s Javelin Throw F46 Final – Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary
• 23:10 – Women’s 200m T12 Semifinal – Simran*

September 7

• 22:30 – Men’s Javelin Throw F41 Final – Navdeep
• 23:03 – Women’s 200m T12 Final – Simran*
• 00:29 – Men’s 400m T47 Final – Dilip Mahadu Gavit*