New Delhi: Heading into Day 7 of the Paris Paralympics 2024, India’s medal hopes will largely be dependent on the Para Athletes who will take part in the shot put, club throw and 100m (heats). On the other hand, para-cycling road athletes Shaik Arshad and Jyoti Gaderiya will take part in Men’s C2 and Women’s C1-3 Individual time trial competitions.
Medal hopes will also be there from Nihal Singh and Rudransh Khandelwal who are set to take part in the Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Qualifications. The qualifications will be followed by the finals. Meanwhile, Tokyo Paralympic Bronze medalist Harvinder Singh will also begin his quest for the gold medal. The Paralympic archer will hope to turn the tables this time around.
Paris Paralympics Day 7
Para Cycling Road
- 11:57 AM: Shaik Arshad- Men’s C2 Individual Time Trial
- 12:32 PM: Jyoti Gaderiya- Women’s C1-3 Individual Time Trial
Para Shooting
- 1 PM- Nihal Singh, Rudransh Khandelwal- Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Qualification
- 3:45 PM- Nihal Singh, Rudransh Khandelwal- Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final*
Para Athletics
- 1:35 PM- Mohd Yasser, Rohit Kumar, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari-Men’s Shot Put F46 Final
- 3:17 PM- Amisha Rawat- Women’s Shot Put F46 Final
- 10:50 PM- Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Amit Kumar- Men’s Club Throw F51 (Final)
- 11:03 PM- Simran- Women’s 100m T12 (R1) Heat 1
Para Table Tennis
- 2:15 PM- Bhavinaben Patel vs Ying Zhou- Women’s Singles WS4 Quarterfinal 2
Para Powerlifting
- 3:30 PM- Parmjeet Kumar- Men’s up to 49kg (Final)
- 8:30 PM- Sakina Khatun- Women’s up to 45kg (Final)
Para Archery
- 5:49 PM- Harvinder Singh vs Lung-Hui Tseng (Chinese Taipei)- Men’s Individual Recurve Open 1/16 Elimination Match
* Subject to qualification
# Scheduled to take next day (i.e. 3rd September)
Medal Tally
At the end of Day 6 of the Paris Paralympics 2024, China is still at the top of the medal table with a whopping 71 medals. Meanwhile, India is placed in the 18th position with 18 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze).
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 50 | 38 | 14 | 108 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 29 | 16 | 12 | 57 |
| 3 | United States | 18 | 22 | 11 | 51 |
| 4 | Brazil | 14 | 10 | 23 | 47 |
| 5 | France | 11 | 12 | 15 | 38 |
| 6 | Australia | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Italy | 9 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 8 | 14 | 20 | 42 |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |