Paris Paralympics: India's armless archer breaks world record :
The Paralympic Games have begun in Paris. On the first day of the Games, India's para-badminton players, taekwondo and archers took the field. India's overall performance in the Paralympics has been good. Indian boxers and boxers have made it to the next round. Indian para-athlete Sheetal Devi created history on Thursday.
Handless archer Sheetal Devi put up a brilliant show in the qualification round of the women's individual compound archery event, shooting 703 out of 720 to book a place in the quarter-finals. She finished second in the competition with 703 points. Sheetal not only reached the next round but also broke the world record. Sheetal, however, fell short of setting a new world record by just one point.
The 17-year-old broke Great Britain's Phoebe Peterson's world record of 698 points in the ranking round. However, Turkey's Oznur Girdi set a new world record with 704 points and reached the Round of 16 by finishing on top. She was placed second in the ranking. Sheetal will now play her quarter-final match on August 31 at 9 pm. India had also participated in the tournament. She scored 682 in the qualifying round. She finished in 9th place. On August 30, Sarita will play to reach the pre-quarterfinals.
Paris Paralympics: Para-badminton players make their debut at the Paralympics
Nitesh Kumar, Tulasimathi Murugesan vs Suhas Yathiraj, Palak Kohli vs Nitesh Murugesan
Para Taekwondo: Women's K 44-47 kg weight category
Aruna Tanwar loses to Turkey's Nurcihan Ekinci
Para-Badminton - Women's singles SL3 group match
Mandeep Kaur loses to Nigeria's Eniola Bolaji
Para-Badminton - Women's singles SL3 group match
Manasi Joshi vs Konita Saikuroh
Para-badminton - Men's singles SL4 group stage match
Sukanta Kadam vs Muhammad Amin Burhanuddin. - Sukant Kadam
Para-Badminton - Men's singles SL4 group match
Brazil's Rogerio de Oliveira in action against India's Tarun Dhillon.
Para-badminton - Men's singles SL3 group stage match
Nitesh Kumar vs Manoj Sarkar. - Victory
Para Archery - Sheetal Devi and Sarita in Women's Individual Compound Ranking Round - Sheetal Devi 2nd and Sarita 9th
Para-badminton: Palak Kohli vs Milena Suro of France in women's singles SL4 group stage match
Para-badminton - Women's singles SU5 group stage match
Manisha Ramdas vs Maude Lefort
Para-badminton - Men's singles SH6 group stage match
Subhan-Sivarajan lose to Sivarajan Solamalai of Indonesia
Nithya Sri Sivan vs Jessie Simon
Para Archery - Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami in Men's Individual Compound Ranking Round
Para Archery - Pooja in women's individual recurve ranking round.