The Paris Paralympics 2024 got underway with the official opening ceremony on August 28 (events starting from August 29) and will conclude on September 8.
India’s latest medal came with Rubina Francis winning a bronze medal in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 shooting event. It opened its account in the Paris Paralympics as Avani Lekhara grabbed gold and Mona Agarwal won bronze in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 category on Friday. Later, Preethi Pal also grabbed a bronze medal in the women’s 100m T35 event while Manish Narwal clinched a silver medal in men’s 10m air pistol SH1.
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China maintains a healthy lead at the top with 42 medals, which includes 20 golds.
Great Britain is second in the standings while Brazil is third with 25 and 23 medals, respectively.
The latest edition of the Paralympics in Paris will feature 4,400 athletes from around the world competing in 549 medal events across 22 sports.
Here is the medal tally with the top 10 nations and India:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | People’s Republic of China | 20 | 15 | 7 | 42 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 11 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Brazil | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | USA | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | France | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | Turkey | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 22 | India | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Updated till September 1, 11:08 AM IST
