Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh scripts history, becomes first India to win bronze in recurve archery at Para Games

Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh scripts history, becomes first India to win bronze in recurve archery at Para Games: Indian archer Harvinder Singh created history as he won the bronze medal in the men’s individual recurve at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics on Friday. The Indian defeated South Korea’s Min Su Kim by 6-5 after a shoot-off as both archers shared the spoils in the five sets to find a podium finish at the Yumenoshima Final Field. This is India’s first medal in archery at the Games.

Harvinder Singh was off to a brilliant start as he aimed 10, 7, 9 in comparison to 9, 6, 9 of Kim to clinch the first set. The South Korean archer came back brilliantly in the match as he scored 29 to clinch the second essay. The momentum was again shifted towards Harvinder as he clinched the third set by 28-25. Both archers shared the spoils in the fourth set, as the match went into the decider.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh scripts history, becomes first India to win bronze in recurve archery at Para Games

In the fifth set, Min Su Kim again showed his class to clinch the decider by 27-26 to force the shoot-off. Playing his 3rd shoot off of the Tokyo Paralympics, Harvinder prevailed in a thriller as he aimed perfect 10 to find the podium finish. Going first, the Korean aimed an 8.

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