Paralympics 2024, Archery HIGHLIGHTS: Harvinder-Pooja duo finishes fourth in mixed team recurve open

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Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan lose to Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic 4-5 after the bronze medal match headed into a shoot-off wherein the latter triumphed in the clutch moment.

India to shoot first. Harvinder to start proceedings.

Harvinder-8

Pooja-9

Total-17

Ziva Lavrinc- 10

Dejan Fabcic-9

Total-19

Harvinder-9,8

Pooja-7,5

Total-29

Ziva Lavrinc-9,8 

Dejan Fabcic-7, 10

Total-34

Pooja shoots a five when 18 needed to win bronze. Looks like a shoot-off will decide the medal

Harvinder-10,9

Pooja-9,10

Total-38

Ziva Lavrinc-8.8 

Dejan Fabcic-10,7

Total-33

Comfortable win for the Indians. A 4-2 lead by Harvinder and Pooja.

Harvinder-6,10

Pooja-5,8

Total- 29

Ziva Lavrinc-8,9

Dejan Fabcic-8,9

Total-34

A 10 by Harvinder, but a bit too late. Slovenia equalises.

Harvinder-9,8

Pooja-8,8

Total- 33

Ziva Lavrinc-8,8 

Dejan Fabcic-7, 7

Total-30

India wins first set. Takes an early 2-0 lead.

All four archers enter the field and Harvinder will hope to win his third medal at the Paralympics.

India will face Slovenia’s Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic in the bronze medal match. The Slovenian pair lost to Turkiye 4-5 in the other semifinal.

The Indians will face either Turkiye or Slovenia in the bronze medal match at 8:45 PM IST.

India will face the loser of the match between Slovenia and Turkiye.

Harvinder to go first, yet again.

Harvinder and Pooja-9,8,10,10 ;Total-37

Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani-9,9,10,10 ;Total-38

The Italians make it to the finals. India, however will have a chance to fight it for bronze.

Harvinder to start.

Harvinder and Pooja-9,9,10,9; Total-37

Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani- 7,9,9,10 ;Total-35

Pooja redeems herself as India attempts to fightback.

Harvinder starts proceedings.

Harvinder and Pooja-7,5,8,8 ;Total-28

Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani-10,10,10,10 ;Total-40

The Italians hit four 10s to end the set.

Stefano takes the first shot

Harvinder and Pooja-9,8,6,8 ;Total-31

Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani- 10,9,9,8 ;Total-36

India loses first set and trails 0-2 after first set.

Harvinder and Pooja take on Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani of Italy in the semifinal.

Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani of Italy defeated Indonesia’s Wahyu Retno Wulandari and Setiawan 5-3 in the quarterfinal. They will face India in the semifinal match.

India will face the winners of the match between Italy and Indonesia in the mixed team recurve open semifinals at 7:50PM IST.

Harvinder and Pooja defeat Poland’s Milena Olszewska and Łukasz Ciszek 6-0 in the mixed team recurve open quarterfinals. 

Polish start again.

Harvinder and Pooja-8,10,9,9 ;Total-36

Milena Olszewska and Łukasz Ciszek-7,9,8,8; Total-32

Polish start now.

Harvinder and Pooja-9,7,10,7; Total-33

Milena Olszewska and Łukasz Ciszek-9,7,8,8; Total-32

Harvinder and Pooja win the second set and take a 4-0 lead.

Harvinder and Pooja- 10,8,8,9; Total-35

Milena Olszewska and Łukasz Ciszek-10,7,9,6 ; Total-32

India takes a 2-0 lead after Lukasz hits a six in his last attempt of the first set.

Harvinder will face Lukasz for the second time this Paralympics.

Each archer will be shoot two arrows in a set. There are four sets and on the occasion of equal points, a shoot-off will ensue. 

Milena Olszewska and Łukasz Ciszek of Poland defeated France’s Aziza Benhami and Guillaume Toucoullet 6-0 in the elimination 1/8.

Harvinder and Pooja will face Poland’s Milena Olszewska and Łukasz Ciszek in mixed team recurve open quarterfinal at 6:30PM IST.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of Para Archery Mixed Team Recurve Open Quarterfinal and beyond rounds at Paris 2024 Paralympics. 

Indian team of Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan will compete first against Poland team in quarterfinals. 

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