Paris Paralympics Day 11 Highlights: China, Great Britain, And USA Dominate Medal Table; India Finish 18th

India's sole event today will feature Pooja Ojha competing in the Para Canoe Women’s Kayak Single 200m - KL1 Semifinals at 1:30 PM IST. If she qualifies, the finals will start at 2:55 PM IST. Check out the updated medal tally of the Paris Paralympics HERE.

For the seventh time at the Paris Paralympics 2024, India heard its national anthem played on the tenth day of the Games, thanks to Navdeep Singh's extraordinary javelin throw, earning gold. With this, India climbed to 16th place in the medal standings, with a total of seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals.

Yesterday, a remarkable 75 medal events were held at the Paris Paralympics, including 22 in para athletics, 15 in swimming, and more. India competed across four sports with eight medal contenders and secured two medals: a gold and a bronze.

Check all the media winners of Paris Paralympics Day 10 HERE.

Pooja Ojha made history as India’s first-ever medal winner at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Halifax, Canada, in August 2022.

Ojha's spectacular performance at the Para Canoe World Championships in Hungary in May 2024 earned her a silver medal in the VL1 200m category. Her journey to the Paris Paralympics quota involved participating in the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, followed by the event in Hungary.

Today only 14 medal events will take place: five in canoe, four in athletics, four in powerlifting and one in wheelchair basketball.

Para Powerlifting:

12:30 - Men’s up to 107kg Final; 14:05 - Women’s up to 86kg Final; 17:30 - Women’s over 86kg Final ; 19:05 - Men’s over 107kg Final

Wheelchair Basketball:

14:00 - Women’s Bronze Medal Match; 17:15 - Women’s Gold Medal Match

Para Canoe

14:55 - Women’s Kayak Single 200m - KL1 Final A; 15:11 - Women’s Kayak Single 200m - KL2 Final A; 15:19 - Men’s Va’a Single 200m - VL2 Final A; 15:45 - Women’s Kayak Single 200m - KL3 Final A; 16:11 - Men’s Va’a Single 200m - VL3 Final A

At first, the Indian javelin thrower Navdeep Singh secured a silver medal in the men's javelin throw F41 final with a monstours throw of 47.32 metres, setting a new Paralympic record and surged into lead.

However, then Iran's Beit Sayah Sadegh bettered the Indian's mark and clinched the gold with a record-breaking effort of 47.64 metres in his fifth attempt. And then appeared the most dramatic turn of events, the Sadgeh faced disqualification which upgraded Navdeep Singh to gold, making it India's seventh at the Paris Paralympics 2024.

The 18-year-old Tokito Oda of Japan became the youngest-ever Paralympic wheelchair tennis men's singles champion on Saturday when he defeated Great Britain's Alfie Hewett 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in the men's singles final.  

“I did so well in he first set, but I couldn’t play better in the second set. Today, I just kept trying to do better than the first set," said Oda after the match.

Pooja Ojha finished fourth in the semifinal of the Women’s Kayak Single 200m - KL1 with a time of 1:17.23. Only the top three athletes from a semi-final enter the medal round. Meaning, this result concludes her campaign at the Paris Paralympics and marks the end of India's participation in the Games 2024.

With no other event on the calender on the closing day, India conclude its campaign at the Paris Paralympics 2024 with a record-breaking performance. The nation secured the best-ever, a historic medal haul of 29—seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze—exceeding its previous best from the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 by a massive TEN medals.

India won seven gold medals at Paris Paralympics, which is yet again a record breaking haul, the medal winners are listed below:

1. Avani Lekhara - Shooting - Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1

2. Nitesh Kumar - Badminton - Men's singles SL3

3. Sumit Antil - Athletics - Men's javelin throw F64

4. Harvinder Singh- Archery - Men's individual recurve open

5. Dharambir - Athletics - Men's club throw 51

6. Praveen Kumar - Athletics - Men's High Jump T64

7. Naveen Singh - Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw F41

This time, India claimed nine silver medals at the Para Games 2024, across three sports - shooting, athletics and badminton. Here are the names of the medal winners:

1. Manish Narwal - Shooting, Men's 10m air pistol SH1

2. Yogesh Kathuniya - Athletics, Men's discus throw F56

3. Nishad Kumar - Athletics, Men's high jump T47

4. Sharad Kumar - Athletics, Men's high jump T63

5. Sachin Khilari - Athletics, Men’s shot put F46

6. Suhas Yathiraj - Badminton, Men’s singles SL4

7. Ajeet Singh - Athletics, Men's javelin throw F46

8. Pranav Soorma - Athletics, Men's club throw 51

9. Thulasimathi Murugesan - Badminton, Women’s singles SU5

Thirteen bronze medals came to India's bag with athletes starring in the below mentioned events:

1. Mona Agarwal - Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1

2. Preethi Pal - Athletics, Women's 100m T35

3. Rubina Francis - Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1

4. Preethi Pal - Athletics, Women's 200m T35

5. Manisha Ramadass - Badminton, Women’s singles SU5

6. Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi - Archery, Mixed team compound open

7. Nithya Sre Sivan - Badminton, Women's singles SH6

8. Deepthi Jeevanji - Athletics, Women's 400m T20

9. Mariyappan Thangavelu - Athletics, Men's high jump T63

10. Sundar Singh Gurjar - Athletics, Men's javelin throw F46

11. Kapil Parmar - JudoMen's -60kg J1Paris 2024

12. Hokato Hotozhe - Men's Shot Put F57

13. Simran - Athletics - Women's 200m T12

India currently reside in the 18th place of the Paris Paralympics standings with 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze medals.

The list of performers for the closing ceremony is still not out and is expected to be closely guarded till the show actually begins. However, we do have some names of people who will feature in the handover ceremony. Tony Award-winning actress and Broadway star Ali Stroker is the one who will be singing the American national anthem at the ceremony.

Other performers include Matthew Whitaker, violinist and singer-songwriter Gaelynn Lea, rapper, songwriter and athlete Garnett Silver-Hall, along with performing artist Anderson Paak.

Read about all the details of the Paris Paralympics closing ceremony HERE

The blind football at the Paris Paralympics saw their very own team France winning gold with a 3-2 win over Argentina and the support of a boisterous crowd at Eiffel Tower Stadium. It was a magical night.

Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah on Saturday was stripped off his Paris Paralympics gold medal after he was disqualified from the men's javelin throw F41 final.

The Iranian had beaten India's Navdeep Singh to win the gold medal, only for him and his team to know just after the final that he had been disqualified. Due to the disqualification, Singh's silver was upgraded to gold and he became the first Indian to win a gold in the javelin throw F41 classification. Read the full story HERE.

First Refugee Medalist

At the Paris Paralympics 2024, para taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi made history as the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal, securing bronze in the Women’s K44 -47kg event.

At the Paris Paralympics, 17-year-old armless Indian archer Sheetal Devi made history as the youngest competitor in women’s para archery. She won bronze in the mixed compound event with Rakesh Kumar, setting a world record of 1399. Here's the story of Sheetal Devi, read how she created the world record and history

The 17th Paralympic Games are scheduled to end in Paris this Sunday, September 8, after nearly two weeks of competitions.

The Closing Ceremony, unlike the Opening one, will be held not at the Place de la Concorde and the Champs-élysées, but rather at the Stade de France, the place where track and field events were held in this edition of the quadrennial event.

Harvinder Singh and Preethi Pal, two pioneer flagbearers, will be bearing the Indian flag during the Parade of Nations. The Paris 2024 Paralympics Closing Ceremony begins on Monday, September 8, at 11:30 PM IST.

The live telecast of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Closing Ceremony will be provided by DD Sports and Sports18 sports channels. Live streaming of the events will also be available on JioCinema.

Iran's Ahmad Aminzadeh claimed gold with a dominant 263kg lift. Ukraine's Anton Kriukov secured silver with 251kg, while Georgia's Akaki Jintcharadze earned bronze, lifting 250kg.

Morocco's Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi shattered the world record in the women's marathon for visually impaired runners on the final day of the Paralympic Games. El Idrissi finished in 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 36 seconds on Sunday, surpassing the previous record set by Japan's Misato Michishita in Hofu City in December 2020 by nearly 6 minutes.

The Indian contingent at the Paris 2024 Paralympics achieved 29 medal haul, a feat never seen before, surpassing their previous best of 19 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

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The Paris 2024 Paralympics Closing Ceremony begins on Monday, September 8, at 11:30 PM IST.

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What a spectacular 11 days at the Paris Paralympics — full of live coverage, emotional stories, proposals, and history in the making. We brought it all to you, celebrating India's historic achievement of 29 medals and honoring each athlete's incredible performance. We're thrilled and proud to wrap up our live coverage of these remarkable sporting events.

The closing ceremony is now live — catch all the action HERE.

We’ll see you at the next sporting event. Until then, Au revoir!