Paris, Sep 4: The Indian Paralympics 2024 athletes, here have taken the nation's total medal tally to 20, which is one more than the number of medals India won in the previous edition in Tokyo.
Considering the fact that Indian sportsmen at Paris Olympics 2024, could manage only six medals (one Silver and five Bronze), the para-athletes have done a splendid job with 20 medals so far.
Not only Indian sports lovers and people back home, but even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his joy at India's performance at Paris Paralympics. He has congratulated the medal-winning para-athletes and had conversations with them.
Speaking to them from Brunei on Tuesday, PM Modi stated that the nation takes immense pride in their achievements. Modi, who landed in Brunei on Tuesday to mark the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the Southeast Asian nation, praised the medal winners in a message through his Instagram.
Indian contingent's schedule for September 4 (Wednesday)
Para Athletics
1:35 PM: Mohd Yasser, Rohit Kumar, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari in Men's Shot Put - F46 Final
Para Table Tennis
2:15 PM: Bhavinaben Patel vs Ying Zhou in Women's Singles - WS4 - Quarterfinal 2
Para Athletics
3:17 PM: Amisha Rawat in Women's Shot Put - F46 Final
Para Powerlifting
3:30 PM: Parmjeet Kumar in Men's up to 49kg Final
Para Archery
5:49 PM: Harvinder Singh vs Lung-Hui Tseng (Chinese Taipei) in Men's Individual Recurve Open 1/16 Elimination Match
Para Powerlifting
8:30 PM: Sakina Khatun in Women's up to 45kg Final
Para Athletics
10:50 PM: Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Amit Kumar in Men's Club Throw - F51 Final
11:03 PM: Simran Sharma in Women's 100m - T12 Round 1 - Heat 1
While Indian para-sportspersons in Paris have already surpassed the nation's best ever Paralympics medal tally, they for sure would be dreaming of a few more podium finish.
