Paralympic gold medallist Harvinder Singh secured the recurve men’s open individual gold medal at the Asian para archery championships in Beijing on Sunday.
Harvinder Singh defeated Hanreuchai Netsiri of Thailand 7-1 (28-24, 30-28, 26-26, 30-28) in the final to take the top honour.
Jyoti outclassed Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly of Indonesia 144-133 for the compound women’s open bronze.
However, Rakesh Kumar was beaten 149-143 by China’s Zhnag Yicheng in the compound men’s open bronze medal match.
Last year at the Paris Paralympics, Harvinder had won India’s first-ever gold medal in archery at the quadrennial Games after defeating Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25) in the men’s individual recurve open final.
