India para-athletes Simran Sharma and Ashok did not seal their spot on the podium and noticed their Paris Paralympics marketing campaign conclude on a heartbreaking word. Simran stormed into the ladies’s 100m T12 remaining with out breaking a sweat. However she was ousted by her opponents and completed final of the 4 finalists within the occasion with a timing of 12.31s. Cuba’s Omara Durand Elias, the world record-holder, struck gold with a timing of 11.81s. Ukraine’s Oksana Boturchuk completed behind Elias with a timing of 12.17s. Germany’s Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt settled for the bronze medal after clocking 12.26s.
In the meantime, powerlifter Ashok, who was additionally competing for a medal within the males’s 65kg remaining, noticed his marketing campaign conclude within the sixth place.
He kicked off the proceedings by efficiently lifting 196kg in his first try. He continued to journey excessive on the momentum, lifted 199kg, and raised hopes of a attainable medal.
However within the third try, he went for glory by attempting to raise 206kg within the third and remaining spherical. However it turned out to be an excessive amount of for him, and he registered an invalid try. His greatest effort remained at 199kg from the second spherical.
China’s Yi Zou, with a profitable raise of 215kg bagged the gold. Nice Britain’s Mark Swan received his arms on silver after efficiently lifting 213kg. Alegira’s Hocine Bettir settled for a bronze medal with a raise of 209kg.
Earlier than Simran and Ashok’s shortcoming, India noticed hope for one more medal go in useless after para-archery duo Harvinder Singh and Pooja fell brief within the bronze medal tie in opposition to Slovenia’s Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic within the combined group recurve open.
Regardless of the duo’s incapability so as to add one other medal to India’s record-breaking medal tally on the Paralympics, it was nonetheless a historic efficiency by the Indian para-archers.
This was the primary time within the historical past of the Paralympics that the Indian para archery group received two medals, one gold and one bronze, within the marquee occasion. Harvinder received his arms on India’s first-ever gold medal in para archery on the Paralympics. In a one-sided remaining, Harvinder on Wednesday ousted Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek with a straight-set win, 6-0.
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