Paris once again plays host to a mega-sporting event as the Paralympics 2024 begins, on Thursday. Day 1 began with plenty of action from India’s para-shuttlers. T Murugesan K Nitesh began their campaign with a 21-14 21-17 win againt S Yathiraj-P Kohli in mixed doubles SL/GU Group A match, in what was India vs India.
Indian Armless Archer Sheetal Devi’s final score of 703 is more than the ranking round world record but so is the 704 of the top-ranked Oznur Cure of Turkey.
The scores were equal before the last shot. Sheetal came up with a 9 while Cure hit a 10. Sarita finished 9th among 28 archers with a score of 682. Harvinder is also done with his recurve ranking round, finishing 9th with a score of 637.