Sports News | Harvinder Confirms Successive Paralympics Medal, Enters Final

Paris, Sep 4 (PTI) Tokyo Games bronze-winner Harvinder Singh became the first Indian archer to enter the Paralympic finals by securing four wins in a row in the men's recurve open competition here on Wednesday.

Harvinder overturned a 1-3 deficit to triumph over Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri of Iran 7-3 in the last-four stage. He is now assured of an unprecedented second successive medal in archery at the Games.

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In the quarterfinals, Harvinder beat world number nine Hector Julio Ramirez of Colombia.

Earlier, he knocked out Tseng Lung-Hui of Chinese Taipei 7-3 in round of 32 before overcoming an opening set deficit to edge out Setiawan Setiawan of Indonesia 6-2 in the last-16 round.

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