CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Harvinder Singh became the first Indian archer to strike gold at the Paralympics before club thrower Dharambir also secured a top finish with a record-shattering throw as the country’s athletes continued to surpass expectations on yet another rewarding day at the quadrennial showpiece in Paris.
World champion shot-putter Sachin Sarjerao Khilari and another club thrower Pranav Soorma’s silver-winning performances were a major highlight too on a terrific Tuesday for India.
Their performance took India’s medal haul to 24 and the nation is currently placed 13th in the overall standings with five gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals. It is India’s best-ever performance at the event and will only get better with three more days of competition left.
The 33-year-old Harvinder, who became the first Indian to win an archery medal at the Games with a bronze three years ago in Tokyo, bettered the colour of his medal in a superlative performance of five consecutive wins.
He defeated Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 in a one-sided final to script history for himself and the country. The Haryana archer has impairment in his legs owing to a dengue treatment that adversely affected him when he was just a toddler.
