India at Paris Paralympics: Day 2 schedule, shooters and archers will eye for glory

India will target their first medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on 30 August (Friday) as on Day 2, Avani Lekhara competes in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification. Avani, who clinched gold in this event at the Tokyo Games three years ago, will also vie for a medal in the final if she qualifies. Manish Narwal, who won gold in Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 in Tokyo, will also be a strong contender in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 category.

Rifle events to look at

Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna will compete in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event, while Jyoti Karam, Sakshi Kasana, Preethi Pal, and Manu will aim for medals in their respective athletic events.

In archery, Sarita will face Nur Jannaton Abdul Jalil from Malaysia in the Round of 32. Meanwhile, several shuttlers, including Manasi Joshi and defending champion Krishna Nagar, will participate in group-stage matches.

India’s schedule for Day 1 at Paris Paralympics

Sport	Event	Player(s)	Time (IST)
Para Badminton	Women’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage	Manasi Joshi vs Oksana Kozyna (Ukraine)	12:00
	Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage	Manoj Sarkar vs Mongkhon Bunsun (Thailand)	13:20
	Men’s Singles SL3 Group Play Stage	Nitesh Kumar vs Jianyuan Yang (China)	14:00
	Men’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj vs Kyung Hwan Shin (Korea)	14:40
	Women’s Singles SL4 Group Play Stage	Palak Kohli vs Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia)	16:40
	Women’s Singles SU5 Group Play Stage	Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Beatriz Monteiro (Portugal)	19:30
	Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage	Sivarajan Solaimalai vs Man Kai Chu	20:10
	Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage	Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Yi-Lin Cai (Chinese Taipei)	20:50
	Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage	Krishna Nagar vs Miles Krajewski	22:50
	Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage	Nitesh Kumar/Thulasimathi Murugesan vs Lucas Mazur/Faustine Noel (France)	12:10 AM (31 Aug)
	Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli vs Hikmat Ramdani/Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia)	12:10 AM (31 Aug)
	Mixed Doubles SH6 Group Play Stage	Sivarajan Solaimalai/Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan vs Natthapong Meechai/Chai Saeyang (Thailand)	01:30 AM (31 Aug)
Para Shooting	Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification	Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal	12:30
	Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification	Rudransh Khandelwal, Manish Narwal	14:45
	Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final	Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal (If qualified)	15:15
	Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Qualification	Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna	17:00
	Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final	Rudransh Khandelwal, Manish Narwal (If qualified)	17:30
	Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Final	Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna (If qualified)	19:45
Para Athletics	Women’s Discus Throw – F55 Final	Jyoti Karam, Sakshi Kasana	13:30
	Women’s 100m – T35 Final	Preethi Pal	16:45
	Men’s Shot Put – F37 Final	Manu	12:22 AM (31 Aug)
Para Rowing	PR3 Mixed Double Sculls Heats	Anita/Narayana Konganapalle	15:00
Para Archery	Women’s Individual Compound Open 1/16 Elimination	Sarita vs Nur Jannaton Abdul Jalil (Malaysia)	15:03
Para Cycling Track	Men’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying	Arshad Shaik	16:24

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