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  • Paris Paralympics: Archer Harvinder Singh Bags Gold Medal In Individual Recurve Open; PM Modi Congratulates Him Other

    Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Harvinder Singh today created history by bagging gold medal in the Paralympic Games. Singh won the top medal after winning the final of the Men’s Individual Recurve Open competition. He had stormed into the finals after beating Iran’s Arab Ameri Mohammad Reza. Archer Harvinder Singh made history at the Paris Paralympics by becoming the first-ever Indian archer to win a Paralympic gold. On Wednesday, he triumphed over Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek in the final of the men’s individual recurve open event.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him for the feat. “A very special Gold in Para Archery! Congratulations to Harvinder Singh for winning the Gold medal in the Men’s Individual Recurve Open at the #Paralympics2024! His precision, focus and unwavering spirit are outstanding. India is very happy with his accomplishment,” said PM. Modi.

    A very special Gold in Para Archery!

    Congratulations to Harvinder Singh for winning the Gold medal in the Men’s Individual Recurve Open at the #Paralympics2024!

    His precision, focus and unwavering spirit are outstanding. India is very happy with his accomplishment.… pic.twitter.com/CFFl8p7yP2 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 4, 2024

    In the semifinals, the 33-year-old Harvincer from Kaithal in Haryana came up with a brilliant performance, coming back after losing the first set to stun the Iranian 7-3, sealing a place in the maiden final at the Paralympic Games.

    In the semifinal, Harvinder lost the first set 26-25 because of a seven on his second arrow. The second set ended in a tie at 27-27. he then leveled scores at 3-3 by winning the third set 27-25 and surged ahead to a 5-3 set points lead by winning the fourth set 26-24.

    Harvinder Singh then sealed a place in the final with another steady performance, shooting two 9s and an eight for a 26-25 win after the Iranian started with a 10 but faltered for an eight and seven on his next two arrows.

    Earlier, Harvinder, who had bagged a bronze medal in the Tokyo Paralympic Games after losing in the semifinals, got the better of Colombia’s Julio Ramirez Hector 6-2 in a quarterfinal clash.

  • Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India’s first archery medal

    Harvinder Singh on Friday notched up India’s first ever archery medal within the Paralympics, holding his nerves to down Kim Min Su of Korea in an exciting shoot-off for the boys’s particular person recurve bronze within the ongoing Games.
    World No.23 Singh was the primary athlete from India to win a gold medal at a significant para competitors within the 2018 Asian Games.
    An economics scholar from the Punjabi University, Patiala, Singh collected three shoot-off wins on the day beginning along with his triumphs within the opening rounds.
    In the bronze playoff, the 31-year-old was main 5-3 earlier than the Kroean clinched the fifth set capturing an ideal 10 to pressure a shoot-off the place the Indian responded in fashion capturing an ideal 10 towards Kim’s 8 for a 6-5 (26-24, 27-29, 28-25, 25-25, 26-27) (10-8) win.
    In the semifinals, Singh misplaced to world quantity 10 Kevin Mather of the USA 6-4 in an intense five-setter (25-28, 24-24, 25-25, 25-24, 24-26).
    Singh, who hails from a small village Guhla Cheeka close to Kaithal in Haryana, was stretched to the fullest within the first two rounds, however he confirmed large resilience to beat his fancied opponents through shoot-offs.
    In the primary spherical of 32, Singh squandered a 4-0 lead towards Stefano Travisani after capturing a 7 within the third set as his Italian rival made it 5-5 (27-24, 26-22, 26-27, 25-25, 25-27) to pressure a shoot-off.
    Singh clinched the difficulty — 6-5 (10-7) — in fashion, capturing an ideal 10 within the tie-breaker as his rival managed only a 7.
    In the last-16, Singh pipped former world primary Bato Tsydendorzhiev of Russia, as soon as once more by the thinnest of margins 6-5 (8-7).
    Singh effected a spectacular turnaround from 0-4 all the way down to carry the match on a good keel 5-5 (26-28, 23-26, 29-26, 23-21, 28-28) and pressure a shoot-off the place he edged out his Russian opponent 8-7.
    In the quarters, Singh swept apart 49-year-old three-time Paralympian Maik Szarszewski of Germany 6-2 (25-21, 28-23, 25-28, 26-23) dropping only one set.
    Hailing from a middle-class farming household, Singh had dengue when he was simply one-and-half years previous and a neighborhood physician administered him an injection that had an opposed impact and his legs stopped working correctly.

  • Para archers Rakesh, Harvinder-Pooja declare gold in Fazza world rating event

    Image Source : ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Para archers with AAI chief Arjun Munda (in crimson coat).
    Indian compound archers did very effectively on the seventh Fazza World Ranking Tournament – Dubai 2021 on the Dubai Club for People of Determination grounds right here from Tuesday. Rakesh Kumar received the Compound Individual Gold whereas the Mixed group of Harvinder Singh and Pooja received the Gold in Recurve Mixed group.
    Rakesh defeated ninth ranked archer of France in 1/eighth matches ( 142/140), within the quarter-final defeated the No 1 ranked archer Atamanenk Serhiy from Ukraine( 142 vs 137). In the semi ultimate Rakesh defeated Agyan of Turkey , ranked no 5 by 143 vs 138. In the ultimate he defeated Shyam Sunder of India ranked 2 with a rating of 143 vs 135.

    In the  Mixed Team Recurve occasion India ( Harvinder & Pooja) defeated within the semi Final ranked 2 Ukraine group in a tie breaker. In the finals they defeated Ranked 1 Turkey group in a tie breaker.
    In the method Shyam Sunder defeated former World No. 1 in Men’s Compound Open Marcel Pavlik from Slovakia 145 vs 143 whereas Jyoti defeated Dzhioeva Anastasia of Russia.
    As many as 70 archers from 11 nations are competing on this 12 months’s Championships which will even mark the return of Para Archery motion after a 12 months. Dubai had hosted the final Para Archery Championships – the sixth Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in February 2020 earlier than the Coronavirus Pandemic struck the world suspending or cancelling all sporting occasions.

    This 12 months’s Championships, hosted beneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, has the participation from Algeria, France, India, Iran, Kazakhstan Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and the hosts United Arab Emirates.
    Among the highest names who  are in week are Iranian London 2012 Paralympic medallist Zahra Nemati, former World No. 1 in Men’s Compound Open Marcel Pavlik from Slovakia in addition to a number of Tokyo 2020 qualifiers and former champions.
    While Turkey who claimed seven medals final 12 months are right here with most 14 gamers, the hosts United Arab Emirates fielded 7 gamers.
    India received the best variety of medals within the Para International Tournament to this point.
     Gold Medal- Recurve Mixed Team( Harvinder & Pooja), Compound Indv( Rakesh Kumar)Silver Medal – Compound Mixed Team( Shyam Sunder & Jyoti Baliyan), Compound Indv M( Shyam Sunder) & Women( Jyoti Baliyan) Mr Arjun Munda ji, President, AAI  expressed happiness on their efficiency and stated that he’s hopeful of them successful medals on the Paralympics. He additionally stated that there’s possibilities of Jyoti Baliyan and Pooja qualifying on the Czech World Ranking Tournament. Pramod Chandurkar Secretary General stated that the Nationals camps are ongoing until the Paralympics and the archer will take part within the Czech republic and likewise we will be sending the group 14 days prematurely to Tokyo for acclimatisation in order that possibilities of our archers are very vibrant. Also current on the event had been Sanjeeva Singh, High Performance Director(Archery) who talked about that we are attempting to supply coaching on scientific strains to boost the group’s efficiency. Olympian Limba Ram additionally blessed the archers and motivated them to carry out higher.  Team Coaches Anil Joshi and Deepak Malik had been additionally felicitated together with the archers