Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 7 Highlights: It was a memorable day for India at the Para Games as the country clinched four medals with two of them being gold. Harvinder Singh scripted history by becoming the first-ever Indian archer to win a Paralymic gold medal. He achieved the glory in the men's individual recurve open event. After this, Dharambir too won the top honour in the men's club throw F51 final, an event that also saw India's Pranav Soorma clinching a silver. Dharambir smashed the Asian record to claim the gold. Earlier in the day, world champion Sachin Sarjerao Khilari had clinched a silver in men's shot put F46 event. With the four medals in the day, India's tally rose to 24. (Medals Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Day 7:
- 01:55 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live, Club Throw: Gold and silver for India!A dream finish for India this is as it is a one-two finish for the nation in the club throw F51 final. Dharambir has clinched a gold with a best throw of 34.92m while Pranav Soorma has bagged a silver with his best being 34.59m. Another Indian Amit Kumar had a poor outing as he finished at the bottom spot in the final.
- 00:42 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live, Club Throw: India at 1-2 positionIndia's Dharambir holds the top spot with a throw of 34.92m at the moment, being followed by compatriot Pranav Soorma, who has a best throw of 34.59m. India is strong at the first and second positions, but four more athletes are yet to complete their throws. Meanwhile, Amit Kumar is out of medal contention with his best throw being only 23.96m.
- 23:37 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live, Archery: Harvinder's dominant show!Tokyo Games bronze-winner Harvinder Singh became the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, beating Poland's Lukasz Ciszek in a lop-sided final in Paris. The 33-year-old Indian, who lost to Kevin Mather of the USA in the Tokyo Paralympics semifinals before securing a bronze three years ago, put up a dominant show to knock out Ciszek 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25). Harvinder, who is pursuing Ph.D in Economics, won five back-to-back matches in a single day, showing neither fatigue nor nerves to etch his name in history and clinch India's second medal in archery. Both his legs are impaired owing to the side effects of dengue treatment that he underwent as a toddler.
- 23:23 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live, Archery: HARVINDER WINS GOLD!!!Harvinder Singh has won a gold medal at the men's individual recurve open event. He has defeated Lukasz Ciszek of Poland in straight sets to achieve the glory. Harvinder has thus become the first-ever Indian archer to win a Paralympic gold.
- 23:19 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live, Archery: Harvinder closing in on the gold!Harvinder Singh is only one step away from becoming the first-ever Indian archer to claim a Paralympic gold. He has taken the second set 28-27. The Indian needs to take only one more set of the rest three to claim the glory.
- 22:07 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live, Archery: Harvinder's SF match stats!Archer Harvinder Singh's semi-final match against Iran's Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri has kicked off. The winner of the match will advance to the final with a silver medal assured while the loser will play the bronze medal match. Here we go!
- 21:29 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live, Archery: Harvinder eases into semis!Archer Harvinder Singh enters men's individual recurve semi-final after beating Colombia's Hector Julio Ramirez 6-2 in the last 8 tie. He is now one win away from assuring a medal for India. He will now face Iran's Mohammad Reza for a place in the final.
- 17:15 (IST)Paris Paralympics Live: India In Fray For 6 More Medals!India's medals tally stands at 21 following Sachin Khilari's silver in men's shot put F 46 category. However, six more athletes will be action later today including three -- Dharambir, Pranav Soorma and Amit Kumar Saroha -- in Men's club throw F51 final.
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