Para National Archery C'ships: Chikara strikes double gold

Vivek Chikara humbled Tokyo Paralympic bronze medallist Harvinder Singh as he claimed two gold medals at the 4th Para Senior National archery championships.

Published : Apr 01, 2022 20:57 IST

Vivek Chikara humbled Harvinder Singh as he claimed two gold medals at the 4th Para Senior National archery championships. REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE

Vivek Chikara humbled Tokyo Paralympic bronze medallist Harvinder Singh as he claimed two gold medals at the 4th Para Senior National archery championships, here.

The recurve archer Chikara won both the Olympic round and the scoring round on Thursday.

 

The Uttar Pradesh lad archer had won two gold medals in the 2019 event as well.

"I had trained really hard for this and this will boost my confidence for the upcoming tournaments," Chikara said thanking his coach Satyadev Prasad, a former India Olympian.