India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:IND
Npcname:Paralympic Committee of India
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:84
Sports:12
Appearances:auto

India will compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.

Background

Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984, though they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery3 3 6
Athletics28 10 38
7 6 13
1 1 2
Judo1 1 2
1 2 3
Powerlifting2 2 4
Rowing1 1 2
Shooting7 3 10
Swimming1 0 1
Table tennis0 2 2
Taekwondo0 1 1
Total 52 32 84

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic.[1]

Men
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Rakesh Kumaralign=left rowspan=2Individual compound
Shyam Sundar Swami
Harvinder SinghIndividual recurve
Women
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
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Score
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Sheetal Devialign=left rowspan=2Individual compound
Sarita Adhana
Pooja JatyanIndividual recurve
Mixed
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
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TBDTeam compound
Harvinder Singh
Pooja Jatyan
Team recurve

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Indian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES). The athletics contingent has 38 members including 10 women.[2] [3]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Preethi PalWomen's 100 m T35
Women's 200 m T35
Simran SharmaWomen's 200 m T12
Deepthi JeevanjiWomen's 400 m T20
Dilip GavitMen's 400 m T47
Rakshitha RajuWomen's 1500 m T11
Field events
  • Men
  • AthleteEventFinal
    DistancePosition
    DharambirClub throw F51
    Pranav Soorma
    Amit Kumar Saroha
    Yogesh KathuniyaDiscus throw F56
    Sharad KumarHigh jump T63
    Maryiappan Thangavelu
    Shailesh Kumar
    Nishad KumarHigh jump T47
    Rampal Chahar
    Praveen KumarHigh jump T64
    Navdeep SinghJavelin throw F41
    Ajeet SinghJavelin throw F46
    Rinku
    Sundar Singh Gurjar
    Dipesh KumarJavelin throw F54
    Parveen KumarJavelin throw F57
    Sandip Sanjay SargarJavelin throw F64
    Sandeep
    Sumit Antil
    Arvind MalikShot put F35
    ManuShot put F37
    Rongali RaviShot put F40
    Sachin Sarjerao KhilariShot put F46
    Mohd. Yasser
    Rohit Kumar
    Hokato Hotozhe SemaShot put F57
    Soman Rana
    Women
    AthleteEventFinal
    DistancePosition
    Kanchan LakhaniDiscus Throw F53
    Sakshi KasanaDiscus Throw F55
    Karamjyoti
    Bhavanaben Ajabaji ChaudharyJavelin Throw F46
    Bhagyashree JadhavShot put F34
    Amisha RawatShot put F46

    Badminton

    See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. India has qualified ten para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.[4]

    Men
    AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    RankOpposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Manoj Sarkaralign=left rowspan=2Singles SL3
    Kumar Nitesh
    Suhas Lalinakere Yathirajalign=left rowspan=3Singles SL4
    Sukant Kadam
    Tarun Dhillon
    Krishna NagarSingles SH6
    Sivarajan Solaimalai
    Women
    AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    RankOpposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Manasi JoshiSingles SL3
    Mandeep Kaur
    Palak KohliSingles SL4
    Thulasimathi Murugesanalign=left rowspan=2Singles SU5
    Manisha Ramadass
    Nithya Sre SivanSingles SH6
    Mixed
    AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    RankOpposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Kumar Nitesh
    Thulasimathi Murugesan
    Doubles SL3–SU5
    Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
    Palak Kohli
    Sivarajan Solaimalai
    Nithya Sre Sivan
    Doubles SH6

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. India entered two para-cyclist (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[5] [6]

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Arshad ShaikMen's time trial C2
    Men's road race C1-3
    Jyoti GaderiyaWomen's time trial C1-3
    Women's road race C1-3

    Track

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Arshad ShaikMen's 1000 m time trial C1-3
    Men's 3000 m pursuit C2
    Jyoti GaderiyaWomen's 500 m time trial C1-3
    Women's 3000 m pursuit C1-3

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. India will make its debut in Blind Judo after Kapil Parmar and Kokila secured their places following the publication of the IBSA Paralympic Rankings.

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank
    Kapil ParmarMen's J1 -60 kg
    Kokila KaushiklateWomen's J2 -48 kg

    Paracanoeing

    See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. India earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Yash KumarMen's KL1
    Pooja OjhaWomen's KL1
    Prachi YadavWomen's VL2

    Powerlifting

    See main article: article, Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik secured their Paralympic berths following the publication of the final Paralympic Qualification rankings. They have completed the mandatory requirements of the Qualification Pathway 2021–2024, which includes competing in the 2021 and 2023 World Championships, the 2022 regional championships, and at least two World Para Powerlifting World Cups, and are now ranked on the preliminary Paralympic ranking list. After some lifters decided to move to other categories, the rankings of Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani were updated, and both qualified for the games.

    AthleteEventScoreRank
    Paramjeet KumarMen's -49 kg
    AshokMen's -65 kg
    Sakina KhatunWomen's -45 kg
    Women's -67 kg

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. India qualified one boats in mixed double sculls classes, by winning the 2024 Asian/Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

    Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

    Shooting

    See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. India entered nine para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.[7] [8] [9] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation for the Games.

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Rudransh Khandelwalalign=left rowspan=2P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1
    Manish Narwal
    Swaroop Mahavir UnhalkarR1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Avani LekharaR2 - 10 m air rifle SH1
    Mona Agarwal
    Avani LekharaR8 - Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
    Mona Agarwal
    Rubina FrancisP2 - 10 m air pistol SH1
    Mixed
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Avani Lekharaalign=left rowspan=2R3 - Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1
    Sidhartha Babu
    Sriharsha Ramakrishna DavareddiR4 - 10 m air rifle SH2
    R5 - 50 m rifle prone SH2
    Mona AgarwalR6 - 50 m Rifle Prone SH1
    Sidhartha Babu
    Nihal SinghP3 - 25 m pistol SH1
    Amir Ahmed Bhat
    Nihal SinghP4 - 50 m pistol SH1
    Rudransh Khandelwal

    Swimming

    See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. India qualified one swimmer to compete at the games, through the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slot.[10]

    Men

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. India entered two athletes for the Paralympic games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking. Both the paddles also got an opportunity to participate in the Double event.

    AthleteEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Sonalben PatelWomen's individual C3
    Bhavina PatelWomen's individual C4
    Sonalben Patel
    Bhavina Patel
    Women's doubles D10

    Taekwondo

    See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. India entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Aruna Tanwar qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of her gold medal results in her class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. News: Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final. World Archery. 21 July 2023.
    2. Web site: Sportstar . Team . 2024-08-14 . India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games . 2024-08-14 . Sportstar . en.
    3. Web site: 2024-08-14 . Paralympics 2024: India to send their biggest ever contingent to Paris . 2024-08-14 . thebridge.in . en.
    4. Web site: 5 June 2024 . PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES PARA BADMINTON QUALIFIERS LIST . 17 June 2024 . BWF.
    5. Web site: 31 December 2022 . Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation . UCI.
    6. Web site: 2024-08-14 . Paralympics 2024: India to send their biggest ever contingent to Paris . 2024-08-15 . The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports . en.
    7. Web site: Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023. 29 September 2023. Paralympics. 13 October 2023.
    8. Web site: Sportstar . Team . Avani Lekhara wins gold with World Record at Para Shooting World Cup, books Paris 2024 quota . 2022-06-07 . Sportstar . en.
    9. Web site: Chateauroux 2022 World Cup: Ramakrishna joins Lekhara in clinching gold, secures Paris 2024 quota . 2022-06-08 . TimesNow . en.
    10. Web site: World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . International Paralympic Committee . PDF . 6 March 2024.