Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh clinches India's 1st-ever medal in para archery

Updated : Sep 03, 2021 19:23
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It continues to rain medals for India at the Paralympic Games as Harvinder Singh clinched a bronze medal in men's individual recurve open. Interestingly, it is India's first-ever medal in para archery.

Harvinder lost the semi-final to move into the bronze medal match where he beat South Korea's Kim Min Su in the shoot-off to claim India's 13th medal at the showpiece event. Harvinder is the third medal winner for India on Friday after Praveen Kumar and Avani Lekhara.

World No.23 Singh was the first athlete from India to win a gold medal at a major para competition in the 2018 Asian Games.

Also read: Paralympics: India's Praveen Kumar wins silver in Men's high jump T64 event

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