Paralympics 2024 Archery: Harvinder wins gold in men's recurve-Highlights
Harvinder would want to add to his Tokyo Paralympics success, where he won the first-ever Paralympic medal in archery for India.
India's first-ever medal winner in archery at the Paralympics, Harvinder Singh, has now scripted history as India's first-ever gold medal in para archery at the Paralympics!
He defeated Polish Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 in the final and won his second Paralympics medal, going one step above his Tokyo Paralympics bronze!
As it happened:
Very poor from Ciszek, hits a 7 in his opening arrow. Harvinder hits a 10!!! Three-point lead!
Ciszek's second arrow gets him a 9! Harvinder only needs to match him, and he hits a 10! He has the gold in his bag!
Ciszek closes with a 9, but here is the match arrow, he needs a 6 or higher to win gold! HE DOES IT! He hits a 9!
HARVINDER SINGH WINS THE FIRST-EVER GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIA IN PARALYMPICS ARCHERY!!!
Harvinder can win India's first ever para archery gold at the Paralympics with a set win. Can he do it?
Ciszek once again starts with a 9. Harvinder, in response, hits a 9 as well!
Ciszek's second arrow yields another 9. Harvinder hits a 9 as well! Brilliant archery from both!
The Polish archer closes set two with another 9! Harvinder can go 4-0 up if he hits a 10! Can he do it? HE HAS DONE IT! A 10 in his final arrow gets him one step closer to the gold medal!
After two sets, Harvinder is 4-0 up against Ciszek!
Harvinder Singh opens the final with a strong 9! In response, Ciszek also opens with a 9!
The Indian follows his 9 with a brilliant 10! Ciszek could only manage a 7!
Harvinder needs an 8 or higher! Gets a 9! Seals the first set! Ciszek finishes set one with an 8!
India draws first blood in Paris.
Harvinder 2-0 Ciszek after set one!
All eyes are on Harvinder Singh. Can he script history at Les Invalides arens today?
Here come the finalists of the men's recurve archery open category, Harvinder Singh of India and Lukasz Ciszek of Poland.
In what is promising to be an exciting match, the world no.12 will face Poland's Ciszek in the gold medal match!
Can Harvinder become India's first gold medalist in para-archery at the Paralympics?
Reza starts set five with a bullseye! What an arrow! Harvinder opens with a 9! Not bad.
Reza's second arrow hits an 8! Can Harvinder capitalise? He hits a 9! All square with one arrow each!
Reza hits an 8! 8 or above wins it for Harvinder! He gets the 8! Harvinder confirms his second medal at the Paralympics!
He wins the semi-finals 6-4! He will play the gold medal match!
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