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Prachi Yadav secures canoe sprint final spot in Paris

September 7, 2024, 03:59 PM - 2 min read

Yadav finished third in her race with a time of 1:05.66, trailing behind Irodakhon Rustamova of Uzbekistan, who clocked 1:04.39, and Jeanette Chippington of Great Britain, who led with 1:02.65.

The symbolic Olympic flame to transfer from Paris to LA, which is going to host the next edition in 2028.

Paralympics closing ceremony to flaunt 80s, 90s rave culture

September 6, 2024, 03:09 PM - 2 min read

The ceremony is typically organised to celebrate the 80s and 90s drug-fuelled rave culture by pushing novel artistic culture. It will again feature the transfer of the symbolic Olympic flame from Paris to Los Angeles, which will host the next games in 2028.

India achieves best ever medal haul in Paralympics

September 4, 2024, 07:51 AM - 5 min read

A late evening rush of medals swelled India's tally to 20 (3 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze) to surpass its earlier best haul of 19 medals at the Tokyo Paralympic Games three years ago.

Bhagyashree Jadhav finishes fifth in women’s shot put

September 3, 2024, 06:59 PM - 1 min read

China's Lijuan Zou won the gold with a season-best of 9.14m while Poland's Lucyna Kornobys secured the silver with a throw of 8.33m.

Sumit Antil after securing Gold at the Paris games.

Sumit Antil defends Paralympic Javelin gold, sets new record

September 3, 2024, 02:04 AM - 3 min read

Reigning world champion Antil is the second Indian overall after shooter Avani Lekhara to defend the Paralympics title. Avani had won gold in women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event in Paris after winning a yellow metal in the same event in Tokyo Games.

From Top left to Bottom right: Yogesh Kathuniya, Nitesh Kumar, Preethi Pal, and Nishad Kumar winning medals at Paralympics.

India on Day 6 of Paris Paralympics

September 2, 2024, 09:11 PM - 5 min read

Nitesh Kumar grabbed a Gold medal in the men’s singles SL3 category. Preethi Pal became the first Indian woman to grab two medals in at single edition followed by Yogesh Kathuniya in the men's discus throw F-56 event and Nishad Kumar in the T47 high jump, who both sealed silver medals.