Harvinder Singh becomes first Indian Archer to win a medal in the Paralympics Games
According to the Sports Authority of India Harvinder won a bronze medal in Bow and arrow games in the Paralympics.
NEW DELHI: India's Harvinder Singh became the first Indian Archer to win a medal in the Paralympics Games in Tokyo.
According to the Sports Authority of India Harvinder won a bronze medal in Bow and arrow games in the Paralympics.
"Harvinder wins a historic Third place medal for Flag of India @ArcherHarvinder creates history to become 1st Indian to win a Sports medal in Bow and arrow in #Paralympics or #Olympics! Brilliant display of skills & grit at the Game Clapping hands sign to take Flag of India's Medal count to 13 PS- We can call him a shoot-off specialist #Cheer4India", the SAI wrote on Twitter.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi congratulated him and said, "Outstanding performance by @ArcherHarvinder. He displayed great skill and determination, resulting in his medal victory. Congratulations to him for winning a historic Bronze medal. Proud of him. Wishing him the very best for the times ahead. #Paralympics #Praise4Para".
Shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman who has won two Paralympic medals in the Paralympic Games. She won bronze in the 50m Rifle 3 position events on Friday at the Tokyo and gold medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle Standing (SH1) event. Lekhara had become the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold by claiming the top honours in the 10m air rifle standing SH1 event. In the year 2012, Avani who is resident of Jaipur received spinal cord injuries in a car accident.
Lekhara started shooting on the insistence of her father in 2015 at a city shooting range.
She was also inspired by Olympic gold-medallist rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra after reading his autobiography. Earlier, Joginder Singh Sodhi was the one and only Indian to win fetched one silver and two bronze medals in the 1984 Paralympics in the same edition of game. Earlier on Monday Shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the Paralympic Games. The 19-year-old bagged gold, India's first at Tokyo 2020, in women's 10m Air Rifle SH1 with a world record score of 249.6 in the final on Monday.
The Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh wrote, "Congratulations to @ArcherHarvinder on winning India's 1st-ever medal in Archery at the Tokyo #Paralympics.The entire country is proud of your outstanding achievement."
