Status: 03.09.2024 09:39 a.m.
What will be important today, Tuesday, September 3, at the Paralympic Games in Paris? The highlights of the day at a glance.
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From 9.00 am – Para-archery, women
The knockout rounds are about to begin in the women’s recurve archery competition. Flora Kliem, making her Paralympics debut, will face Peruvian Daniela Cecilia Campos Marzano in the intermediate round (10:08 a.m.). The winner will advance to the round of 16 (from 11:50 a.m.). The medals will then be up for grabs from 6:57 p.m. The 26-year-old from ASC Göttingen is the only German archer at the Paralympics.
From 9.00 am – Para-riding, dressage, individual, 3 finals
In Tokyo, she narrowly missed out on a medal, coming fourth in the championship task and in the freestyle. This time, Heidemarie Dresing (Grade II, from 11.45 a.m., live stream on sportschau.de) wants to make it onto the podium. The 69-year-old has won all of the individual competitions so far with her new horse, the Oldenburg black Horse24Doolopp. The para-riders also compete against the backdrop of the Palace of Versailles.
From 9.30 am – Para-sport shooting, Three-position combat (F)
In Tokyo, the German rifle shooter Natascha Hiltrop only had to give way to the Chinese Cuiping Zhang in the three-position competition. What result will she achieve at the shooting range in Chateauroux? The qualification in class R8 begins at 9:30 a.m., the final at 4 p.m.
From 10.00 am – Para-athletics, 24 finals
Full program at the Stade de France – another 24 decisions are to be made. In the morning, Martina Willing will be in the javelin throw (F56, from 10:05 a.m.) and Charleen Kosche in the shot put (F34, from 10:58 a.m.) in the finals (livestream on sportschau.de). In the evening, Irmgard Bensusan will be in the spotlight when the 200 m final in the T64 class starts (7:53 p.m., livestream on sportschau.de). Can the Bayer Leverkusen athlete add gold to her silver medals from Rio and Tokyo? Bensusan decided not to attend the World Championships in May.
From 10.00 a.m. – Para table tennis, singles (M)
In the quarterfinals, Thomas Brüchle (10:00 a.m., livestream on sportschau.de), Thomas Schmidberger (10:45 a.m., livestream), Juliane Wolf (1:00 p.m.), Thomas Rau (5:00 p.m., livestream), Jana Spegel (5:00 p.m., livestream) and Björn Schnake (6:30 p.m., livestream) will try to make it into the semifinals in their starting classes. Whoever succeeds can be happy: a medal is then guaranteed. Tokyo Paralympics champion Valentin Baus has already been surprisingly eliminated.
12.00 pm – Sitting volleyball, preliminary round: Germany – Iran (M)
The German sitting volleyball players are already safely in the semifinals. In the third and final preliminary round match they will face Tokyo winners Iran. A victory for the men led by captain Jürgen Schrapp would be a sensation (live stream on sportschau.de).
From 13.00 – Wheelchair fencing, sabre (M)
The wheelchair fencing competitions are beginning. Maurice Schmidt is the only participant in the German team. In Tokyo three years ago, he was not able to make it onto the podium, but this time the athlete from SV Böblingen has set a medal as his goal. At 2:10 p.m. he will fight William Schoonover from the USA for a place in the quarter-finals. The medal fights will begin at 8:00 p.m. Schmidt will also compete in the épée on September 6.
13.45 – Wheelchair basketball, quarter-finals (M)
The preliminary round of the wheelchair basketball team only served to determine the quarter-finals, which will all be played on the same day. The German team will face Spain in the round of the last eight (live stream on sportschau.de). The other games in the Paris-Bercy Arena start at 4 p.m., 7:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
