Tokyo Paralympics: Economics scholar Harvinder Singh beats odds with his analytical mind
Other Sports | Sep 03, 2021, 09:07 PM ISTOn his mental preparation, Singh said he was off social media since arriving in Tokyo.
On his mental preparation, Singh said he was off social media since arriving in Tokyo.
Harvinder Singh, who on Friday became the first Indian to win a Paralympics medal in archery, is a man of many parts.
The 38-year-old Rana produced a best throw of 13.81m in his first attempt and that was enough for a fourth place finish in a strong field.
Singh clinched historic bronze for India at the Paralympic Games as he defeated South Korea's Kin Min Su 6-5 in a shootout at the Yumenoshima Final Field.
Indian para athletes, including javelin throw gold medallist Sumit Antil, on Friday returned home to a never-seen-before boisterous welcome.
In a thrilling bronze medal match that went into the shoot-off, Singh recorded a 6-5 victory to clinch India's first-ever medal in Para Archery.
Thakur was referring to the four javelin throw medals won by Indians in the Paralympic Games soon after Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal in the Olympics.
In men's singles, Suhas, Tarun Dhillon and Manoj Sarkar made it to the semifinals on a fruitful day for India.
Avani is now the first woman and second Indian overall to claim multiple medals in the same edition of the Paralympics.
Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic medals by claiming the 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 bronze to add to an unprecedented gold she had secured earlier in the ongoing Games in Tokyo.
The 19-year-old para shooter clinched her second medal in Tokyo, a bronze, in women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 event on Friday.
Lekhara reiterated her admiration for Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra and that she always wanted to become like him.
Kumar had a personal best of 2.05m which he bettered on Friday and also set an Asian record with a jump of 2.07 metres.
The four athletes were welcomed enthusiastically by SAI officials, who garlanded them and presented them with bouquets on arrival.
Avani Lekhara won her second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, clinching a bronze in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 event.
An economics scholar from the Punjabi University, Singh will face Russian Paralympic Committee's Bato Tsydendorzhiev later in the day.
Suyash, who claimed a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, finished fifth in heat 1 after clocking 32.36s, 2.65 seconds behind leader Austin Evan (29.71) of USA.
Suhas, a world number 3 in SL4 class, took 19 minutes to get rid of Indonesia's Hary Susanto 21-6 21-12 in group A.
With an Asian Record score of 2.07 in the men's high jump T64 event, Praveen Kumar clinched a silver medal.
Making his debut at the Games, the 28-year-old's best effort was a 13.48m throw in the eight-strong field.
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