Harvinder bags Gold in Asian Para Games

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Harvinder bags Gold in Asian Para Games

Thursday, 11 October 2018 | PTI | 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.

Mohammed Yasser then fetched a Bronze in the men's shot put F46 category.

In table tennis, the women's doubles combination of Bhavinaben Patel and Sonalben Patel lost the final to Indonesia's A Dararat and Paattarvadee Wararidamrongkul 4-11 12-14 to settle for a Silver medal in the TT 3-5 category.

The chess board delivered a Silver and two Bronze medals.

A Bronze trickled in from para-powerlifting where Sudhir finished third in the upto 80kg category with a lift of 192kg. India were 9th on the overall tally with 7 Gold, 13 Silver and 17 Bronze for a total of 37 medals.

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