Harvinder Singh won a historic first-ever gold medal for India in para archery at Paris Paralympics on Wednesday.
Harvinder defeated Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25) in the men’s individual recurve open final to clinch his second straight medal at the Paralympic Games.
Later in the day, Dharambir set an Asian Record of 34.92m to win the country’s fifth gold in the men’s club throw F51 final at the Paralympics, equalling that of Tokyo. In the same event, Pranav Soorma won silver with a throw of 34.59m.
This takes India’s medal tally to 24, five better than its previous haul at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Earlier, Sachin Khilari won a silver medal in men’s shot put F46 final with a throw of 16.32m.
Indian para paddler Bhavinaben Patel, the Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist, was unable to advance to the semifinals of the women’s singles class 4.
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Here are all the results of the Indian contingent from day 7 of Paralympics 2024:
INDIANS RESULTS ON DAY 7 - SEPTEMBER 4
Para Cycling Road - Men’s C2 Individual Time Trial - Arshad Shaik - Eleventh - 25:20.11
Para Cycling Road - Women’s C1-3 Individual Time Trial - Jyoti Gaderiya - Sixteenth - 30:00.16
Para Shooting - P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Qualification - Nihal Singh - Nineteenth - 522 (Did not qualify for the final)
Para Shooting - P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Qualification - Rudransh Khandelwal - Twenty-second - 517 (Did not qualify for the final)
Para Athletics - Men’s Shot Put - F46 Final - Sachin Sarjerao Khilari - Silver - 16.32m
Para Athletics - Men’s Shot Put - F46 Final - Sachin Sarjerao Khilari - Mohd Yasser - Eighth - 14.21
Para Athletics - Men’s Shot Put - F46 Final - Sachin Sarjerao Khilari - Rohit Kumar - Ninth - 14. 10
Para Table Tennis - Women’s Singles - WS4 - Quarterfinal - Bhavinaben Patel lost to Zhou Ying (CHN) 1-3 (12-14, 9-11, 11-8, 6-11)
Para Athletics - Women’s Shot Put - F46 Final - Amisha Rawat - Fourteenth - 9.25
Powerlifting - Men’s up to 49kg Final - Parmjeet Kumar - Eighth - 150kg
Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open 1/16 Elimination - Harvinder Singh beat Tseng Lung-Hui (TPE) 7-3
Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open 1/8 Elimination - Harvinder Singh beat Setiawan (INA) 6-2
Powerlifting - Women’s up to 45kg Final - Sakina Khatun- seventh- 86kg
Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Quarterfinals - Harvinder Singh beat Ramirez (Col) 6-2
Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Semifinals - Harvinder Singh beat Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri (IRI) 6-3
Para Archery - Men’s Individual Recurve Open Gold Medal Match - Harvinder Singh vs Lukasz Ciszek (POL) 6-0
Para Athletics - Women’s 100m - T12 Round 1 - Simran- qualified for semifinal, clocking 12.17s
Para Athletics - Men’s Club Throw - F51 Final - Dharambir- 34.92m- Gold
Para Athletics - Men’s Club Throw - F51 Final - Pranav Soorma- 34.59m- Silver
Para Athletics - Men’s Club Throw - F51 Final - Amit Kumar- finished 10th- 23.96m
