Paris is set to host its first-ever Paralympic Games. The Opening Ceremony will take place today in the capital city. At 20:00 local time, Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysées will welcome 4,400 Paralympic athletes from 184 delegations. The 11 days of competition will commence on 29 August. The first day of competition features medal events in Para Cycling Track, Para Swimming, Para Table Tennis, and Para Taekwondo. The Indian contingent begins its campaign at the Paris Paralympics 2024 is set to begin on August 29. Also ReadJay Shah elected as next ICC chairman, set to assume role in December Take a look at India’s schedule August 30 13:30 – Women’s Discus Throw F55 Final – Karam Jyoti, Sakshi Kasana 14:00 – Women’s 100m T35 Round 1 – Preethi Pal 16:39 – Women’s 100m T35 Round 1 Final – Preethi Pal* 00:20 – Men’s Shot Put F37 Final – Manu August 31 22:30 – Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final – Parveen Kumar September 1 13:40 – Women’s 1500m T11 Round 1 – Rakshitha Raju 15:09 – Men’s Shot Put F40 Final – Ravi Rongali 22:58 – Men’s High Jump T47 Final – Ram Pal, Nishad Kumar 23:08 – Women’s 200m T35 Final – Preethi Pal September 2 13:35 – Men’s Discus Throw F56 Final – Yogesh Kathuniya 13:40 – Women’s 1500m T11 Final – Rakshitha Raju* 22:30 – Men’s Javelin Throw F64 Final – Sumit Antil, Sandeep, Sandip Sanjay Sargar 22:34 – Women’s Discus Throw F53 Final – Kanchan Lakhani 23:50 – Women’s 400m T20 Round 1 – Deepthi Jeevanji 00:10 – Men’s Javelin Throw F46 Final – Ajeet Singh, Rinku, Sundar Singh Gurjar September 3 14:26 – Women’s Shot Put F34 Final – Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav 22:38 – Women’s 400m T20 Final – Deepthi Jeevanji* 23:40 – Men’s High Jump T63 Final – Mariyappan Thangavelu, Shailesh Kumar, Sharad Kumar September 4 13:35 – Men’s Shot Put F46 Final – Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Mohd. Yasser, Rohit Kumar 15:16 – Women’s Shot Put F46 Final – Amisha Rawat 22:50 – Men’s Club Throw F51 Final – Dharambir, Amit Kumar, Pranav Soorma 23:00 – Women’s 100m T12 Round 1 – Simran September 5 15:10 – Women’s 100m T12 Semifinal – Simran* 22:47 – Women’s 100m T12 Final – Simran* 23:49 – Men’s Shot Put F35 – Arvind September 6 13:39 – Women’s 200m T12 Round 1 – Simran 14:08 – Men’s Javelin Throw F54 – Dipesh Kumar 14:47 – Men’s 400m T47 Round 1 – Dilip Mahadu Gavit 15:18 – Men’s High Jump T64 Final – Praveen Kumar 22:30 – Men’s Shot Put F57 Final – Soman Rana, Hokato Hotozhe Sema 22:48 – Women’s Javelin Throw F46 Final – Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary 23:10 – Women’s 200m T12 Semifinal – Simran* September 7 22:30 – Men’s Javelin Throw F41 Final- Navdeep 23:03 – Women’s 200m T12 Final – Simran* 00:29 – Men’s 400m T47 Final – Dilip Mahadu Gavit* (With inputs from Indian Express)
