India is competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | IND |
NPC | Paralympic Committee of India |
Website | Paralympic India |
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024 | |
Competitors | 84 in 12 sports |
Flag bearers | Bhagyashree Jadhav Sumit Antil |
Medals Ranked 15th |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Athletes Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony.
India has previously won 31 medals across Paralympic Games with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the 2020 Tokyo edition with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals. India has won 22 medals with four gold, eight silver, and ten bronze medals in the Games, which marked India's highest ever medal tally in a single Paralympic Games.
Background
The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was established in 1989.[1] The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960. The International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the Paralympic Games till 1984. The 1988 Seoul Paralympics was the first to use the Paralympics name and the event has been held in the same host city as the corresponding Summer Olympic Games since then.[2]
The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[3] India had won 31 medals across Paralympic Games with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the 2020 Tokyo edition with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals.[4][5]
The Indian contingent for the games consisted of 84 people across 12 sports.[6] Athletes Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony.[7]
Medalists
India has won 22 medals with four gold, eight silver, and ten bronze medals.[8] The Games also marked India's highest ever medal tally in the Paralympic Games. The medal haul included four instances of multiple medals in a single event.[4]
Avani Lekhara won India's first gold medal in the women's 10 m air rifle event, with Mona Agarwal winning the bronze medal in the same event.[8] This was Lekhara's second consecutive gold medal in the event and she became first Indian woman athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympics.[9] Kumar Nitesh won the country's second gold medal in the Games at the badminton events. He won the men's singles SL3 event, in which compatriot Pramod Bhagat had won the gold medal in the previous Games.[10] Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event after his victory in the men's javelin throw F64 event. He also set two Paralympic records in the process.[11] Harvinder Singh won India's first Paralympic gold in Archery. This was his second medal after wining bronze in 2020 Paralympics.
Manish Narwal won India's first silver medal in the Games in the men's 10 m air pistol event, his second medal after his gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games.[12] Nishad Kumar and Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals at the men's high jump T47 and the men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from Tokyo 2020.[13][14] Thulasimathi Murugesan won the only Indian silver medal at the women's badminton events.[15] Suhas Yathiraj won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the men's singles SL4 para-badminton event.[16] Ajeet Singh Yadav and Sundar Singh Gurjar won the silver and bronze medals respectively in the men's javelin throw F46 event. This was Gurjar's second medal after he finished third in the same event in the previous Games, in which compatriot Devendra Jhajharia had won his third Paralympic medal.[17] Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the men's high jump T63 event. Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal at his third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the same event.[18] Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the men's shot put F46 event.[19]
Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event.[20] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event.[21] Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with Rakesh Kumar.[22] Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events to take the Indian medal tally in the badminton events to five.[23] Deepthi Jeevanji won the bronze medal at the women's 400 m T20 race and became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games.[24]
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Competitors
The Indian contingent consisted of 84 athletes who took part in 74 medal events across 12 sports.[6]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Athletics | 28 | 10 | 38 |
Badminton | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paracanoeing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Powerlifting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Shooting | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Table tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 52 | 32 | 84 |
Archery
India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships held in Plzeň, Czechia.[25]
- Compound
Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Rakesh Kumar | Men's individual | 696 | 5 | Drame (SEN) W 136–131 |
Swagumilang (INA) W 144–144 SO |
Tremblay (CAN) W 144–144 SO |
Xinliang (CHN) L 143–145 |
Zihao (CHN) L 146–147 |
4 |
Shyam Sundar Swami | 688 | 15 | Singpirom (THA) L 138–138 SO |
Did not advance | |||||
Sheetal Devi | Women's individual | 703 | 2 | Bye | Zúñiga (CHI) L 137–138 |
Did not advance | |||
Sarita Adhana | 682 | 9 | Jannaton (MAS) W 138–124 |
Sarti (ITA) W 141–135 |
Cüre (TUR) L 140–145 |
Did not advance | |||
Sheetal Devi Rakesh Kumar |
Mixed team | 1399 WR | 1 | Bye | Ferelly / Swagumilang (INA) W 154–143 |
Hemmati / Nouri (IRI) L 152–152 SO |
Bonacina / Sarti (ITA) W 156–155 |
- Recurve
Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Harvinder Singh | Men's individual | 637 | 9 | Lung-hui (TPE) W 7–3 |
Setiawan (INA) W 6–2 |
Ramírez (COL) W 6–2 |
Arab Ameri (IRI) W 7–3 |
Ciszek (POL) W 6–0 |
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Pooja Jatyan | Women's individual | 585 | 7 | Bye | Şengül (TUR) W 6–0 |
Chunyan (CHN) L 4–6 |
Did not advance | ||
Harvinder Singh Pooja Jatyan |
Mixed team | 1222 | 5 | Kenton-Smith / Jennings (AUS) 5 Sep |
Athletics
Indian athletes achieved quota places based on their results at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, or through allocation quotas, provided they have met the minimum entry standard (MES) for the respective events. The athletics contingent consisted of 38 members including 10 women.[26][27]
- Track events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Dilip Gavit | Men's 400 m T47 | 6 Sep | — | ||||
Preethi Pal | Women's 100 m T35 | — | 14.21 PB | ||||
Women's 200 m T35 | 30.01 PB | ||||||
Simran Sharma | Women's 100 m T12 | 12.17 | 1 Q SB | 5 Sep | |||
Deepthi Jeevanji | Women's 400 m T20 | 55.45 | 1 Q | — | 55.82 | ||
Rakshitha Raju | Women's 1500 m T11 | 5:29.92 | 4 | — | Did not advance |
- Men's field events
Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
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Dharambir Nain | Club throw F51 | 34.92 AR | |
Pranav Soorma | |||
Amit Kumar Saroha | |||
Yogesh Kathuniya | Discus throw F56 | 42.22 SB | |
Sharad Kumar | High jump T63 | 1.88 | |
Mariyappan Thangavelu | 1.85 | ||
Shailesh Kumar | 1.85 | 4 | |
Nishad Kumar | High jump T47 | 2.04 SB | |
Rampal Chahar | 1.95 PB | 7 | |
Praveen Kumar | High jump T64 | 6 Sep | |
Navdeep Singh | Javelin throw F41 | 7 Sep | |
Ajeet Singh Yadav | Javelin throw F46 | 65.62 | |
Rinku Hooda | 61.58 | 5 | |
Sundar Singh Gurjar | 64.96 | ||
Dipesh Kumar | Javelin throw F54 | 6 Sep | |
Praveen Kumar | Javelin throw F57 | 42.12 | 8 |
Sandip Sargar | Javelin throw F64 | 58.03 | 7 |
Sandeep Chaudhary | 62.80 | 4 | |
Sumit Antil | 70.59 PR | ||
Arvind Malik | Shot put F35 | 5 Sep | |
Manu | Shot put F37 | 13.86 | 6 |
Ravi Rongali | Shot put F40 | 10.63 PB | 5 |
Sachin Khilari | Shot put F46 | 16.32 AR | |
Mohd Yasser | 14.21 | 8 | |
Rohit Kumar | 14.10 | 9 | |
Hokato Hotozhe Sema | Shot put F57 | 6 Sep | |
Soman Rana |
- Women's field events
Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
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Kanchan Lakhani | Discus Throw F53 | 10.06 PB | 7 |
Sakshi Kasana | Discus throw F55 | 21.49 | 8 |
Karamjyoti Dalal | 20.22 | 9 | |
Bhavanaben Chaudhary | Javelin Throw F46 | 6 Sep | |
Bhagyashree Jadhav | Shot put F34 | 7.28 | 5 |
Amisha Rawat | Shot put F46 | 9.25 PB | 14 |
- Legend
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- PR = Paralympic Record
- AR = Area (or continental) record
- NR = National record
- WR = World record
- SB = Season's best
- PB = Personal best
Badminton
India qualified ten para badminton players through the Badminton World Federation para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic rankings.[28]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Manoj Sarkar | Singles SL3 | Nitesh (IND) L (13–21, 21–18, 18–21) |
Bunsun (THA) L (19-21, 8-21) |
Yang (CHN) W (21–15, 21–11) |
3 | — | Did not advance | ||
Kumar Nitesh | Sarkar (IND) W (21–13, 18–21, 21–18) |
Yang (CHN) W (21–5, 21–11) |
Bunsun (THA) W (21–13, 21–14) |
1 Q | Fujihara (JPN) W (21–16, 21–12) |
Bethell (GBR) W (21–14, 18–21, 23–21) |
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Suhas Yathiraj | Singles SL4 | Ramdani (INA) W (21–7, 21–5) |
Shin (KOR) W (26–24, 21–14) |
— | 1 Q | — | Kadam (IND) W (21–17, 21–12) |
Mazur (FRA) L (9–21, 13–21) |
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Sukant Kadam | Burhanuddin (MAS) W (17–21, 21–15, 22–20) |
Teamarrom (THA) W (21–12, 21–12) |
1 Q | Yathiraj (IND) L (17–21, 12–21) |
Setiawan (INA) L (17–21, 18–21) |
4 | |||
Tarun Dhillon | Oliveira (BRA) W (21–17, 21–19) |
Mazur (FRA) L (7–21, 16–21) |
2 | Did not advance | |||||
Krishna Nagar | Singles SH6 | Krajewski (USA) L (16–21, 18–21) |
Meechai (THA) L (20–22, 3–11r) |
— | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Sivarajan Solaimalai | Subhan (INA) L (15–21, 17–21) |
Kai (HKG) L (13–21, 21–18, 15–21) |
Coombs (GBR) L (12–21, 10–21) |
4 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Manasi Joshi | Singles SL3 | Syakuroh (INA) L (21–16, 13–21, 18–21) |
Kozyna (UKR) L (21–10, 15–21, 21–23) |
— | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Mandeep Kaur | Bolaji (NGR) L (8–21, 14–21) |
Vinot (AUS) W (21–23, 21–10, 21–17) |
2 Q | Bolaji (NGR) L (8–21, 9–21) |
Did not advance | ||||
Palak Kohli | Singles SL4 | Surreau (FRA) W (21–12, 21–14) |
Oktila (INA) L (21–18, 5–21, 13–21) |
— | 2 Q | Sadiyah (INA) L (19–21, 15–21) | |||
Thulasimathi Murugesan | Singles SU5 | de Marco (ITA) W (21–9, 21–11) |
Monteiro (POR) W (21–12, 21–8) |
— | 1 Q | Bye | Ramadass (IND) W (23–21, 21–17) |
Yang (CHN) L (17–21, 10–21) |
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Manisha Ramadass | Lefort (FRA) W (8–21, 21–6, 21–19) |
Yang (CHN) L (15–21, 7–21) |
2 Q | Toyoda (JPN) W (21–13, 21–16) |
Murugesan (IND) L (21–23, 17–21) |
Rosengren (DEN) W (21–12, 21–8) |
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Nithya Sivan | Singles SH6 | Simon (USA) W (21–7, 21–8) |
Cai (TPE) W (21–12, 21–19) |
Lin (CHN) L (20–22, 18–21) |
2 Q | Szmigiel (POL) W (21–4, 21–7) |
Lin (CHN) L (13–21, 19–21) |
Marlina (INA) W (21–14, 21–6) |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Kumar Nitesh Thulasimathi Murugesan |
Doubles SL3–SU5 | Yathiraj / Kohli (IND) W (21–14, 21–17) |
Ramdani / Oktila (INA) L (15–21, 8–21) |
Mazur / Noël (FRA) L (22–24, 19–21) |
3 | Did not advance | ||
Suhas Yathiraj Palak Kohli |
Nitesh / Murugesan (IND) L (14–21, 17–21) |
Mazur / Noël (FRA) L (15–21, 9–21) |
Ramdani / Oktila (INA) L (11–21, 17–21) |
4 | ||||
Sivarajan Solaimalai Nithya Sivan |
Doubles SH6 | Krajewski / Simon (USA) L (21–23, 11–21) |
Meechai / Saeyang (THA) W (21–7, 21–17) |
— | 1 Q | Krajewski / Simon (USA) L (21–17, 14–21, 13–21) |
Subhan / Marlina (INA) L (17–21, 12–21) |
4 |
Legend: W = Win; L = Loss; Q = Qualified for the next phase
Cycling
India qualified two para-cyclists (one in each gender) based on the Union Cycliste Internationale rankings on 31 December 2022.[29][6]
- Road
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Arshad Shaik | Men's road time trial C2 | 25:20.11 | 11 |
Men's road race C1-3 | 7 Sep | ||
Jyoti Gaderiya | Women's road time trial C1–3 | 30:00.16 | 16 |
Women's road race C1-3 | 7 Sep |
- Track
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Arshad Shaik | Men's time trial C1-3 | 1:21.416 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Men's pursuit C2 | 4:20.949 | 9 | |||
Jyoti Gaderiya | Women's time trial C1-3 | 49.233 | 11 | ||
Women's pursuit C1-3 | 4:53.929 | 10 |
Judo
India qualified for Judo for the first time after Kapil Parmar and Kokila Kaushiklate secured quota places based on the International Blind Sports Federation Judo Rankings.[6]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition result | Opposition result | Opposition result | Opposition result | Opposition result | Opposition result | Rank | ||
Kapil Parmar | Men's J1 -60 kg | 5 Sep | ||||||
Kokila Kaushiklate | Women's J2 -48 kg |
Paracanoeing
India earned three quota places through the 2023 and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships conducted by the International Canoe Federation.[6]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Yash Kumar | Men's KL1 | 6 Sep | |||||
Pooja Ojha | Women's KL1 | ||||||
Prachi Yadav | Women's VL2 |
Powerlifting
Two men (Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik) and two women (Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani) secured their Paralympic berths through the Paralympic Qualification rankings after having completed the mandatory requirements of competing in certain tournaments.[30][31]
Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
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Paramjeet Kumar | Men's -49 kg | 150 | 8 |
Ashok Malik | Men's -65 kg | 5 Sep | |
Sakina Khatun | Women's -45 kg | 86 | 7 |
Kasthuri Rajamani | Women's -67 kg | 6 Sep |
Rowing
India qualified one boat in mixed double sculls through the 2024 Asian / Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta held in Chungju, South Korea.[32][6]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Anita Narayana Konganapalle |
PR3 mixed double sculls | 8:06.84 | 5 R | 7:54.33 | 3 FB | 8:16.96 | 8 |
Legend: R = Repechage; FB = Final B (non-medal)
Shooting
India entered nine para shooters after achieving quota places through various qualifying events after they attained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) for the respective events by 15 July 2024.[33][34][35] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation from the International Paralympic Committee for the Games.[6]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Rudransh Khandelwal | P1 10 m air pistol SH1 | 561 | 9 | Did not advance | |
Manish Narwal | 566 | 5 Q | 234.9 | ||
Swaroop Unhalkar | R1 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 613.4 | 14 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Avani Lekhara | R2 10 m air rifle SH1 | 625.8 | 2 Q | 249.7 PR | |
Mona Agarwal | 623.1 | 5 Q | 228.7 | ||
Avani Lekhara | R8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1159 | 7 Q | 420.6 | 5 |
Mona Agarwal | 1147 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
Rubina Francis | P2 10 m air pistol SH1 | 556 | 6 Q | 211.1 |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Avani Lekhara | R3 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 632.8 | 11 | Did not advance | |
Sidhartha Babu | 628.3 | 28 | |||
Sriharsha Davareddi | R4 10 m air rifle SH2 | 630.7 | 9 | ||
R5 10 m rifle prone SH2 | 630.2 | 26 | |||
Mona Agarwal | R6 50 m rifle Prone SH1 | 5 Sep | |||
Sidhartha Babu | |||||
Nihal Singh | P3 25 m pistol SH1 | 569 | 10 | Did not advance | |
Amir Bhat | 568 | 11 | |||
Nihal Singh | P4 50 m pistol SH1 | 522 | 19 | ||
Rudransh Khandelwal | 517 | 22 |
Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase; PR = Paralympic Record
Swimming
India qualified one swimmer to compete at the games after Suyash Jadhav achieved the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) in the butterfly event.[36]
- Men
Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Suyash Jadhav | 50 m butterfly S7 | 7 Sep |
Table tennis
India entered two athletes for the Paralympic Games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified through the International Table Tennis Federation World Rankings.[6][37]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | |||
Sonalben Patel | Women's individual C3 | Mužinić (CRO) L 1–3 |
Did not advance | ||||
Bhavina Patel | Women's individual C4 | Verdín (MEX) W 3–0 |
Zhou (CHN) L 1–3 |
Did not advance | |||
Sonalben Patel Bhavina Patel |
Women's doubles D10 | — | Jung / Moon (KOR) L 1–3 |
Legend: W = Won; L = Lost
Taekwondo
Aruna Tanwar qualified for the event following her win in the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[38]
Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Aruna Tanwar | Women's –47 kg | Ekinci (TUR) L 0–19 |
Did not advance |
Legend: L = Lost
See also
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