Paris Paralympics 2024: Manisha Ramdass Keeps Medals Hopes Alive, Avani Lekhara Falters In Qualification

Paris: Shuttler Manisha Ramdass saved India’s medal hopes alive by progressing to the ladies’s single semifinals in SU5 category but Mandeep Kaur and Palak Kohli have been eradicated from the Paris Paralympics 2024 following contrasting defeats of their respective quarterfinals on Sunday. The 19-yr-ancient Manisha, who grew to develop into born with Erb’s palsy which affected her acceptable arm, had no complication in dispatching Japan’s Mamiko Toyoda 21- thirteen, 21-sixteen the whole approach as a outcome of the quarterfinal. The 2nd seed Indian left-hander wished half-hour to down her unseeded rival.

In SU5 category, the players have impairment of the increased limbs. The impairment may very glorious be on the taking part in or non-taking part in hand. Competing in SL3 category, Mandeep not regularly ever posed a mission to Nigeria’s 1/3 seed Bolaji Mariam Eniola, shedding the contest 8-21, 9-21 in 23 minutes.

It grew to develop into the 2nd consecutive defeat for Mandeep in opposition to Eniola, having misplaced to the Nigerian the whole approach as a outcome of the Crew stage as glorious. SL3 category is for players with serious curb down-limb disability competing on a 1/2-width court. In SL4 category, para world championship bronze medallist Palak went down preventing 19-21 15-21 to Indonesia’s Khalimatus Sadiyah in 28 minutes. SL4 is a category for athletes competing standing with a lot less serious impairment than in SL3.

Later the whole approach as a outcome of the day, Nithya Sivan Sumathy will compete the whole approach as a outcome of the final-eight stage in SH6 category in opposition to Poland’s Oliwia Szmigiel. The guys’s singles semifinal in SL4 category shall be an all-Indian affair with Suhas Yathiraj and Sukant Kadam clashing in opposition to each and every diverse. Nitesh Kumar will combat it out with Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara the whole approach as a outcome of the fellows’s singles semifinal in SL3 category.

Rakshita Raju Out Of Women’s 1500m T11 Race

Alternatively, India’s Rakshita Raju bowed out the whole approach as a outcome of the opening spherical of ladies’s 1500m T11 athletics match. Rakshita, 23, entire final out of four runners in Warmth Three after clocking a timing of 5:29.92s. Both runners from the three heats qualified for the final.

China’s Shanshan He topped Rakshita’s warmth with a timing of four:44.66s earlier than Louzanne Coetzee of South Africa, who clocked season best timing of four:Forty 5.25s. The T11 category is for athletes with visual impairment, additionally be entire loss of vision or she or he may very glorious be outfitted to go for ordinary, but have not got any potential to peer the fluctuate of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes exceedingly run with publications.

Avani Lekhara Finishes eleventh In Qualification

Indian shooters Avani Lekhara entire eleventh while Sidhartha Babu ended 28th and have been unable to make the final of the blended 10m air rifle weak (SH1) match in Chateauroux on Sunday. Coming off her historic gold medal the whole approach as a outcome of the 10m air rifle standing SH1 match, Avani should now now not replicate that kind in spite of a sturdy initiate in what's now now not her pet match, and ended the competition with a whole ranking of 632.8.

Sidhartha aggregated 628.Three across six sequence. Avani’s sequence of rankings read One hundred and five.7, 106.zero, 104.1, 106.zero, 104.8, 106.2, while Sidhartha had rankings of 104.6, 103.8, One hundred and five.7, 104.9, 103.6 and One hundred and five.7. On Friday, Avani, the first Indian female to win two Paralympic gold medals with her victory the whole approach as a outcome of the ladies’s 10m air rifle (SH1) match, had defended her title with a global document ranking.