At the Asian Para-Archery Championships, Paralympic gold medallist Harvinder Singh clinched individual gold medal at the recurve men’s open in Beijing on Sunday.
Harvinder defeated Hanreuchai Netsiri of Thailand 7-1 in the final to take the top honour, ending a six-year wait for his maiden individual gold at the Asian para-archery championships.
The two-time Paralympic medalist secured medals in all three events at the championships, earning this individual gold, a mixed recurve gold with Bhawna, and a men’s recurve team silver with Vivek Chikara.
Harvinder, who shot a personal best and set a new competition record of 663 points to top the recurve men’s qualifying round, first won gold in the recurve open mixed team event alongside Bhawna. On the final day, he added another gold by clinching the recurve men’s open title, wrapping up a brilliant campaign with three medals.
India ended the competition with a tally of three gold, three silver and three bronze medals. China topped the standings with 10 gold, four silver and three bronze.