Paralympics 2024 Para-Archery: Harvinder and Pooja falter in the bronze medal match - Highlights
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Recurve archers Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan will aim for the Mixed Team gold on Thursday.
Harvinder made history on Wednesday by becoming India's first-ever gold medallist in para archery at the Paralympics, defeating Poland's Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 in the final.
Meanwhile, Pooja Jatyan was knocked out in the Women's Individual Recurve Open quarterfinals, losing 4-6 to China's Wu Chunyan.
As it happened:
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Singh starts with an 8, while his opponent Dejan scores a 9. Jatyan follows with a 9, but Ziva delivers a 10, securing the bronze medal for Slovenia.
India fails in shoot-off.
India 17 - 19 Slovenia.
Slovenia goes first, with Dejan scoring a disappointing 7 and Ziva hitting a solid 9, just missing a 10. In response, Singh scores a good 9 and Jatyan registers a 7, making it an even split.
On the second arrow, Dejan nails a perfect 10; could a shoot-off be imminent? Ziva adds an 8.
Can the Indians close it out? Jatyan starts with a wayward 5, and Singh follows with an 8. Slovenia clinches the fourth set.
Shoot-off to follow.
India's Singh scores a bullseye with a 10; what can Jatyan do? She delivers a solid 9. Slovenia's Dejan also hits a 10, marking Slovenia's first perfect score, while Ziva shoots an 8.
On the second arrow, Jatyan follows up with a 10 and Singh adds a 9, ending the set strongly for India. In response, Dejan scores a 7 and Ziva hits an 8.
India takes the third set.
India 38 - 33 Slovenia.
In set two, Slovenia starts strong with Dejan shooting an 8 and Ziva also scoring an 8. In response, Singh manages only a 6 and Jatyan scores a 5.
On the second arrow, Dejan hits a 9 and Ziva follows with another 9. Jatyan scores an 8, while Singh delivers a perfect 10.
Despite Singh’s perfect score, Slovenia takes set two.
India 29 - 34 Slovenia.
India begins the match with Singh shooting the first arrow for 9 points and Jatyan following with an 8. In response, Slovenia's Dejan scores a 7, while his partner Ziva hits an 8.
On the second arrow, the Indian duo scores consecutive 8s, while Dejan registers another 7 and Ziva scores an 8.
India takes the first set.
India 33 - 30 Slovenia.
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