Para archer Harvinder’s gold adds to India’s tally
JAKARTA: Harvinder Singh notched up India’s maiden archery gold in the Asian Para Games by finishing on top in the men’s individual recurve event, while the country also picked up three silver and four bronze medals on Day 5 of the competitions here.
Harvinder defeated China’s Zhao Lixue 6-0 in the W2/ST category final to claim the top honours and take India’s gold tally to seven. The W2 category of impairment covers athletes with paraplegia, diplegia or double leg amputation below the knee, requiring wheelchair.
The ST category is for archers with limited impairment and who may take aim without having to need a wheelchair.
Para-athletics, chess table tennis gave India three silver medals on Wednesday, while the bronze medals came from para-powerlifting, besides para-athletics.
It started with Monu Ghangas claiming the silver in the men’s discus throw F11 category before Vijay Kumar claimed the second spot in the men’s long jump T42/ T61/T63 category.
Ghangas claimed silver with a throw of 35.89m, an effort which he managed in his third attempt. He finished behind Iran’s Olad Mahdi, who came up with a new Asian as well as Games record throw of 42.37m. The F11 category deals with visual impairment.
Kumar achieved his personal best by covering 5.05m to collect the silver.