India's Schedule At Paris Paralympics 2024, August 29

Starting today, August 29, India is ready to demonstrate its prowess and win its best-ever medal haul at the Paralympics. 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 Sarita Devi for the same event. Sheetal came to the limelight after she won two gold and a silver medal in the Asian Para Games 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:

1. Para-Badminton

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)

2. Para-Cycling

Jyoti Gaderiya - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying (4:25 PM)

3. Para-Archery (From 4:30 PM)

Harvinder Singh - Men's Individual Recurve Open (Ranking Round)

Sarita, Sheetal Devi - Women's Individual Compound Open (Ranking Round by 4:30 PM)

4. Para Badminton

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

5. Para-Archery (8:30 onwards)

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

6. Para-Taekwondo

Aruna - Women K44 - 47kg - 8:30 PM onwards

7. Para-badminton

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.