Pooja Ojha prepares to compete in the Para Canoe Women’s KL1 200m Semi-finals. She will be the only Indian athlete to compete on the final day
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India had a historic Paris Paralympics with 29 medals so far in the competition. The ongoing Paralympics Games will conclude on Sunday following a Closing Ceremony Parade in Paris. However before the conclusion, India will have a chance to make it 30 medal as Pooja Ojha prepares to compete in the Para Canoe Women’s KL1 200m Semi-finals. She will be the only Indian athlete to compete on the final day of the Paralympic Games.
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On Saturday India had a disappointing campaign as they failed to win any medal. India’s para-cyclists Arshad Shaik and Jyoti Gaderiya wrapped up their Paris Paralympics journey without any medals, finishing the men’s and women’s road race C1-3 events a lap behind the leaders .
Suyash Jadhav failed to enter the final of the men’s 50m butterfly S7 here on Saturday. The 30-year-old finished in the fifth spot in his heat with a timing of 33.47 and 10th-spot overall.
India’s last medal came on Friday night as Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a historic bronze in the men’s shot put. The Paralympics in Paris saw the Indian team eclipse its 19-medal haul in the Tokyo Games three years ago to register its best ever performance in the biggest multi-sporting event The closing ceremony, in which sprinter Preethi Pal and archer Harvinder Singh will be India’s flag-bearers,