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New history was created on the 7th day at the Paris Paralympics. Harvinder Singh won the gold medal at the Paralympics and thus became the first Indian athlete to win a gold in archery in the history of the Paralympics. Ninth seed Harvinder, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Paralympics, defeated world number 35 and sixth seed Lukasz Cijek of Poland 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25) in a one-sided title match.
Harvinder, the only Indian archer to win a medal at the Paralympics, won the gold medal with five consecutive wins on Wednesday and won his second consecutive Paralympic medal. World champion shotput athlete Sachin Khilari won the silver medal with an Asian record. Sachin won the silver medal with an Asian record throw of 16.32 meters in the F46 event. Thus, the medal-winning streak of Indian athletes continues in Paris, which is the country's best ever performance at the Paralympics. India's medal count is expected to increase tremendously on the 8th day of the Paralympics. Know what is today's schedule.
India's schedule for day eight of competitions at Paris Paralympics on September 5
Shooting:
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification – Siddhartha Basu and Mona Agarwal – 1 PM
Archery:
Mixed Team Recurve Open (Pre-Quarterfinals) – Pooja and Harvinder Singh vs Amanda Jennings and Tymon Kenton-Smith (Australia) – 1:50 PM
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Women's 48kg Quarterfinals – Kokila vs Akmaral Notbek (Kazakhstan) – 1:30 PM
Men's 60kg Quarterfinal – Kapil Parmar vs Marcos Blanco (Venezuela) – 1:30 PM.
Athletics:
Women's 100m T12 semi-final: Simran – 3.21 pm
Men's Shot Put F35 Final – Arvind – 12:12 pm (Sep 6)
Powerlifting:
Men's 65kg Final – Ashok – 10:05 PM