Paralympics 2024: Harvinder Singh wins India's first-ever gold in archery

Harvinder Singh scripted history and won India's first-ever gold medal at the Paralympics, by winning the gold medal match against Lukasz Ciszek in the final of the men's recurve open, at Les Invalides arena, on Wednesday. 

He also won India's first-ever archery medal, winning the bronze in men's recurve at the Tokyo Paralympics.

At Paris, he has done one better and has won the ultimate prize. 

This is India's fourth gold at the Paris Paralympics and with 22 medals and counting, this is India's most successful Paralympics outing. 

Facing Polish archer Lukasz Ciszek in the gold medal match, Harvinder Singh was dominant right from the first arrow, and the Polish archer was nowhere in the contest. 

The Indian archer won the match after just three sets, winning with a 6-0 scoreline. Ciszek, who did admirably to get to the final, simply could not put up with Harvinder. 

Earlier in the day, Harvinder defeated Chinese Taipei's 65-year-old archer Lung-Hui Tseng 7-3 in the round of 32 and then defeated Setiawan from Indonesia 6-2 in the round of 16. 

Facing Hector Ramirez in the quarters, Harvinder once again made light work of the match, winning 6-2 before winning the semis against Iranian Mohammad Reza in a close encounter, ultimately winning 7-3. 

Harvinder will return to Les Invalides arena tomorrow, teaming up with Pooja Jatyan for the mixed team recurve open event, and will look to finish the Paris Paralympics with another medal to his name.