India's <keyword id="20419517" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nitesh-Kumar" source="keywords">Nitesh Kumar</keyword> and <keyword id="20475563" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Thulasimathi-Murugesan" source="keywords">Thulasimathi Murugesan</keyword> had little difficulty overcoming country-mates Suhas Yathiraj and Palak Kohli in the opening group stage match of <keyword id="22963824" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="badminton-mixed-doubles" source="keywords">badminton mixed doubles</keyword> (SL3-SU5) at the Paralympic Games here on Thursday. However, mixed doubles duo of Sivarajan Solaimalai and <keyword id="22963825" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nithya-Sre" source="keywords">Nithya Sre</keyword>, seeded second, lost their SH6 group play stage match in straight games to the American pair of <keyword id="22963826" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Miles-Krajewski" source="keywords">Miles Krajewski</keyword> and Jayci Simon. The Nitesh-Thulasimathi duo won the Group A contest 21-14, 21-17 in 31 minutes. Nitesh, 29, who hails from Karnal district in Haryana, and young Thulasimathi, a veterinary science student from Tamil Nadu who had won the mixed bronze at the <keyword id="20418133" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Asian-Para-Games" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Asian Para Games" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Asian Para Games">Asian Para Games</keyword> in Hangzhou, encountered little challenge in the first game and at one stage they were leading by seven points. Unable to counter the pair's net play and deep tosses, Suhas and Palak quickly found themselves trailing, losing the game in just 14 minutes. The second game too went on similar lines with Palak clearly not able to match the prowess of her senior partner on court and giving away points. SL3 players have moderate impairment on one side of the body, affecting either both legs or the absence of limbs, while SU5 players have significant impairments in their upper limbs. In Group B, Sivarajan and Nithya gave a tough challenge to the American pair before going down 21-23, 11-21 in 35 minutes in SH6 category. SH6 is for badminton players with short stature. Sivarajan, who trains at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, and partner Nithya were equal to the task in the opening game and also took a slender one-point lead but the young American pair, who are both in their late teens, were too agile on court and fought for every point. The second game turned out to be one-sided with the tiring Indians losing in just 14 minutes.

Paris Paralympics: Nitish-Thulasimathi duo makes winning start in badminton mixed doubles

Starting today, August 29, India is ready to demonstrate its prowess and win its best-ever medal haul at the <keyword id="20396851" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Paralympics" source="keywords">Paralympics</keyword>. On the schedule for Thursday are preliminary rounds in at least 12 sports, including badminton, archery, taekwondo, and table tennis. For the women's individual compound open ranking round, the spotlight will be on the para-archer Sheetal Devi along with <keyword id="22963010" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sarita-Devi" source="keywords">Sarita Devi</keyword> for the same event. Sheetal came to the limelight after she won two gold and a silver medal in the <keyword id="20418133" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Asian-Para-Games" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Asian Para Games" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Asian Para Games">Asian Para Games</keyword> in 2023. In para-badminton, we will see in action Sukant Kadam, Manoj Sarkar, Suhas Yathiraj, Manasi Joshi, Tarun Dhillon, Nitesh Kumar, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Manish Ramdass and Palak Kohli in their respective group stage matches. Here is India’s full schedule for day 1: <h2>1. Para-Badminton </h2>Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Group Stage) Nitesh Kumar/Murugesan Thulasimathi vs Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli (12 PM) Mixed Doubles SH6 (Group Stage) Sivarajam Solaimalai/Nithye Sre Sumathy (12:40 PM) Women's Singles SL3 (Group Stage) Mandeep Kaur (2 PM) Manasi Joshi (2 PM) Men's Singles SL4 (Group Stage) Sukant Kadam (2:40 PM) Suhas Lalinakere Yathira (3:20 PM) Tarun (3:20 PM) Men's Singles SL3 (Group play) Nitesh Kumar vs Manoj Sarkar (4 PM) <h2>2. Para-Cycling</h2>Jyoti Gaderiya - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying (4:25 PM) <h2>3. Para-Archery (From 4:30 PM)</h2>Harvinder Singh - Men's Individual Recurve Open (Ranking Round) Sarita, Sheetal Devi - Women's Individual Compound Open (Ranking Round by 4:30 PM) <h2>4. Para Badminton</h2>Palak Kohli - Women's Singles SL4 (Group play) - 4:40 PM onwards Murugesan Thulasimathi - Women's Singles SU5 (Group play) - 5:20 PM onwards Sivarajam Solaimalai - Men's Singles SH6 (Group play) - 7:30 PM onwards Manisha Ramadass - Women's Singles SU5 (Group play) - 7:30 PM onwards Nithya Sre Sumathy - Women's Singles SH6 (Group play) - 7:30 PM onwards Krishna Nagar - Men's Singles SH6 (Group play) - 7:30 PM onwards <h2>5. Para-Archery (8:30 onwards)</h2> Shyam Sundar Swami, Rakesh Kumar - 8:30 PM onwards Pooja - Women's Individual Recurve Open (Ranking Round) Sheetal Devi-Rakesh Kumar, Sarita-Shyam Sundar Swami - Mixed team Compound Open (Ranking Round) - 8:30 PM onwards Harvinder Singh-Pooja - Mixed team Recurve Open (Ranking Round) - 8:30 PM onwards <h2>6. Para-Taekwondo</h2>Aruna - Women K44 - 47kg - 8:30 PM onwards <h2>7. Para-badminton</h2>Nitesh Kumar/Murugesan Thulasimathi - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Group play) - Not before 10:10 PM Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj/Palak Kohli - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Group play) - Not before 10:50 PM Hopes are high as India is expecting that these performances could result in India's best-ever medal tally in Paralympics.

India's Schedule At Paris Paralympics 2024, August 29

<keyword id="20880186" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Para-athletes" source="keywords">Para-athletes</keyword> <keyword id="20543785" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nishad" source="keywords">Nishad</keyword> Kumar and <keyword id="22350527" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Preethi" source="keywords">Preethi</keyword> Pal fetched a <keyword id="19934349" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="silver" source="keywords">silver</keyword> and bronze for India respectively while shuttler Suhas Yathiraj positioned himself for glory by reaching the summit clash for a second consecutive time at the Paris Paralympics here on Sunday. Another shuttler, Manisha Ramadass also assured India of a medal but star shooter Avani Lekhara missed out on repeating her medal-winning feat in her pet event. India ended the Day 4 of competitions at 27th spot in the rankings with seven medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze). Preethi created history as she became the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals at the Paralympics while Nishad Kumar clinched his second successive silver at the showpiece in the men's high jump T47 category. The 23-year-old Preethi, a farmer's daughter from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, bagged a bronze in the 200m T35 category with a personal best time of 30.01 seconds. She also won a bronze in the 100m T35 category on Friday. She faced significant physical challenges when she was born as her lower body was plastered for six days after birth. Weak legs and an irregular leg posture made her prone to various diseases. Preethi also became only the second Indian woman to win two medals -- both bronze -- in a single Paralympics after shooter Avani Lekhara who won a gold and a bronze in Tokyo three years ago. T35 classification is meant for athletes who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. Later in the day, the 24-year-old Nishad, who hails from Una in Himachal Pradesh, won India's third medal from para-athletics and seventh overall for the country in Paris Paralympics with a season's best effort of 2.04m. He lost his right hand in a grass-cutting machine when he was six-year-old. Nishad, who had also won a silver in Tokyo Paralympics three years ago with a jump of 2.06m, had a tough fight with world record holder and defending champion Townsend Roderick of the USA, who clinched the gold after clearing 2.12m. STRONG SHOW BY <keyword id="20202465" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shuttlers" source="keywords">SHUTTLERS</keyword> Tokyo Games silver medallist Suhas is set to become the first Indian shuttler to win back-to-back medals at the Paralympics after outplaying compatriot Sukant Kadam in straight games to reach the men's singles SL4 final. The 41-year-old Suhas, a 2007 batch IAS officer, beat Sukant 21-17, 21-12 to make another final at the global showpiece. Later, Nitesh Kumar also guaranteed a medal for himself in SL3 with a 21-16 21-12 victory over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the semifinal. Before Suhas sizzled, it was Manisha who set up an all-Indian women's singles SU5 semifinal with compatriot Thulasimathi Murugesan, assuring the country of at least a silver. The 19-year-old Manisha, who was born with Erb's palsy which affected her right arm, had no trouble in dispatching Japan's Mamiko Toyoda 21-13 21-16 in the quarterfinals. The second seeded Indian left-hander needed 30 minutes to down her unseeded rival. Erb's palsy is a nerve disorder in the shoulder and arm that results in weakness or loss of muscle function. In the last four, Manisha will meet top seed Thulasimathi, who had defeated Portugal's Beatriz Monteiro in group A on Saturday. In the SU5 category, the players have impairment of the upper limbs. The impairment could be on the playing or non-playing hand. However, Mandeep Kaur and Palak Kohli were eliminated in the quarterfinals. NO SUCCESS IN SHOOTING RANGE After the high of four medals in two days, there was disappointment in store for India in the shooting range with Lekhara failing to qualify for the final following a 11th-place finish in the mixed 10m air rifle prone (SH1) qualification in which Sidhartha Babu ended 28th. In the mixed 10m air rifle prone (SH2) qualification, Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna ended in 26th place with a total of 630.2. In the Paralympics mixed event, both men and women compete on the line against each other. Coming off her historic gold medal in the 10m air rifle standing SH1 event, Lekhara ended the competition with a total of 632.8. Lekhara's sequence of scores read 105.7, 106.0, 104.1, 106.0, 104.8, 106.2, while Sidhartha had scores of 104.6, 103.8, 105.7, 104.9, 103.6, 105.7. In SH1, athletes are able to hold their gun without difficulty and shoot from a standing or sitting position (in a wheelchair or chair). Sidhartha aggregated 628.3 across six series. Athletes classified in SH2 category are unable to hold their rifle independently, so they use a stand, but can aim by themselves and control the weapon when they shoot. Certain athletes may have an assistant to reload their gun. Only the top eight from qualification progress to the final. RAKESH SHINES World No 1 archer Rakesh Kumar overcame a blip to defeat Ken Swagumilang of Indonesia in the shoot-off and enter his successive Paralympics quarterfinals in the compound men open category. Rakesh held his slender one-point lead and needed a 9-point to seal the issue in five ends. But he slipped with an 8-pointer red-ring, leaving both the archers locked at 144-144 after regulation five ends comprising 15 arrows. 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Paris Paralympics: Nitish-Thulasimathi duo makes winning start in badminton mixed doubles

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India's Schedule At Paris Paralympics 2024, August 29

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Para-athletes Preethi, Nishad win silver and bronze; shuttlers Suhas, Manisha assure medals

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