India suffered a setback within the Paralympic Video games archery competitions with the Combined Staff Recurve Open class with two-time medallist Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan dropping within the shoot-off within the bronze medal match. Harvinder, who gained the gold medal within the Males’s Particular person Recurve Open in Paris, and Pooja missed out on a medal as they went all the way down to Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic of Slovenia in a tie-break shoot-out after the 2 pairs had completed 4-4 on the finish of the four-set semifinal conflict.
Harvinder and Pooja had began with a bang as they gained the primary set 33-30, as Fabcic began with two sevens. The Indians nonetheless misplaced the subsequent set as they may handle solely 29 factors with Harvinder scoring a 6 and Pooja 5 on their first arrows. Although Harvinder shot a ten in his second arrow, they nonetheless misplaced because the Slovenians scored two eights and two 9s.
The Indian pair surged forward 4-2 by profitable the third set with each Harvinder and Pooja touchdown a ten every in addition to two 9s. The Slovenians had a ten and two 8s however a seven by Dejan Fabcic meant they misplaced the third set 34-38.
The Indians did not capitalise on the chance as a seven and a 5 by Pooja meant they may handle solely 29 factors whereas their opponents tallied 34 due to a ten,9 and eight in addition to a 7.
Within the shoot-off, Harvinder scored eight and Pooja 9 for a rating of 17 whereas Ziva Lavrinc scored a ten whereas her companion struck 9 to seal bronze, their maiden Paralympic Video games medal.
Earlier, Harvinder and Pooja had misplaced to eventual gold medallist Elkisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani of Italy within the semifinal. The Indian duo went down 2-6 within the last-four conflict because the Italians shot brilliantly together with an ideal 40 within the second set. The Indians had completed properly to win the third set with three 9s and a ten whereas Travisani scored a seven as India gained 37-35.
However the Italians gained the subsequent set 38-37 to finally seal a spot within the ultimate.
Harvinder and Pooja had moved into the quarterfinals with a detailed 5-4 win over the Australian duo of Taymon Kenton-Smith and Amanda Jennings in a shoot-off.
On Wednesday night time, Harvinder made historical past by changing into India’s first-ever Olympic or Paralympic champion in archery. The 33-year-old confirmed a stellar efficiency en path to a gold medal within the recurve males’s competitors on the Paris 2024.
Three years in the past within the Tokyo Para Video games, he reached the primary milestone. His bronze was India’s premiere medal at both the Olympics or Paralympics achieved in archery.
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