Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 6 Live Updates: Shooters Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal eye 2nd medals, high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu in action too

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 6 Live Updates: Check all the updates from Day 6 of the Paris Paralympics

India at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games LIVE Updates: Monday was a historic day where India won a total of eight medals as September 2, 2024 became the country’s single most successful day in the history of Paralympics. And the Indian athletes will be looking to add more medals in their tally on Tuesday.

In shooting, medallists Avani Lekahara and Mona Agarwal, will be back in action in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1. Avani had won gold in 10m, while Mona finished with bronze in the same event. In athletics, Bhagyashri Jadhav will be in action in women’s shot put F34, and later in the night medal contender Deepthi Jeevanji will be in action in women’s 400m. In the men’s high jump T63 final, India’s high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sharad Kumar, and Shailesh Kumar will be in action in an event that has been a source of medals in the past two editions.

8 medals in one day at Paris 2024 (From Clockwise) Sumit Antil, Yogesh Kathuniya, Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan. (PTI | Reuters)

On August 30 in Tokyo alone, India won five medals, back then a record. One of those five was a gold medal for Sumit Antil in men’s javelin. Fast forward three years, on the day Sumit defended his gold medal in Paris, India won a total of eight medals as September 2, 2024 became the country’s single most successful day in the history of Paralympics. (READ MORE)

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First uploaded on: 03-09-2024 at 12:19 IST