Harvinder Singh has won the gold medal in Men’s Recurve Archery. He easily defeated Poland’s Lukas Cijek 6-0 in the final. This is the fourth gold and 22nd medal overall at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The Indian athlete has created history by winning this match in straight sets 28-24, 28-27, 29-25.
Harvinder Singh has now become the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in an archery competition in the history of Paralympics. Earlier, he had also created a new record in the Tokyo Paralympics. At that time, he became the first archer to win a medal (bronze) for India in the Paralympics. Let us tell you that this is India’s second medal in archery at the Paris Paralympics. Earlier, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar have won the bronze medal in mixed team compound archery.
Harvinder can win one more medal
Harvinder Singh can also win his third medal in the history of Paralympics. He will now claim the medal along with Pooja Jatayan in the mixed team event of recurve archery. His first match in the team competition will be against the Australian team on 5 September. If Harvinder aims for the gold medal in that event as well, he will become the first Indian athlete in history to win 2 gold medals in a single Paralympic sport.
Where is India in the medal table?
The number of medals won by India in the Paris Paralympics has now gone up to 22, which includes 4 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze medals. India has now come to 15th place in the medal table. Let us tell you that India has already broken the record of winning the most medals in a single Paralympic sport. India won a total of 19 medals in the Tokyo Paralympics.
