The third day of the Paris Paralympics saw Clubfooted shooter Rubina Francis extend India’s medal-winning run with a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol SH1 whereas the shuttlers also assured the country of a medal with Sukant Kadam setting up a men’s singles SL4 semifinal clash with Suhas Yathiraj at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday.
Rubina’s bronze was India’s fourth medal from the shooting range and fifth overall. The 25-year-old from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh aggregated 211.1 to finish third in the eight-woman final behind Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi (236.8) and Turkey’s Aysel Ozgan (231.1).
The archers suffered a heartbreak as Sarita Kumari’s splendid run ended in the quarterfinals and armless wonder Sheetal Devi also crashed out in the last-16 stage in the compound women’s open category.
India’s Results at the Paris Paralympics, August 31 (Saturday)
Para Shooting: Rubina Francis claimed a bronze medal in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event with a score of 211.1
Para Shooting: Swaroop Unhalkar bowed out after finishing 14th place in the Men’s R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualifiers with a score of 613.4
Para Badminton: Sivarajan Solaimalai lost to Great Britain’s Krysten Coombs 12-21, 10-21 in Men’s Singles SH6 Group Stage A
Para Archery: Sarita Kumar lost to Turkey’s Oznur Cure 140-145 in the last 8 of the Women’s Individual Compound Open
Para Archery: Sheetal Devi lost 137-138 to Chile’s Zuniga Mariana in the Women’s Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination round
Para Cycling: Arshad Shaik failed to qualify for the final after finishing 17th with a timing of 1:26.154 in the Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial
Para Cycling: Jyoti finished 11th in the time trial round with a timing of 52.098 seconds thus failing to make it to the Women’s C1-3 500m finals.
Para Badminton: Sukant Kadam sealed his semi-final berth, defeating Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom 21–12, 21-12 in Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage