TOKYO: Indian archer Harvinder Singh on Friday advanced to the quarter-final of men’s individual recurve at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. Harvinder defeated Bato Tsydendorzhiev 6-5, winning the match by the finest of margins in the shoot-out.
The Indian archer staged a comeback in the game as he won the third set after losing the two initial essays.
Continuing the winning momentum, Harvinder scripted a win in the fourth set as well. However, the fifth set between the two archers ended in a tie and a shoot-off was staged to decide the winner.
In the shoot-off, Tsydendorzhiev shot seven but Harvinder fired an eight to seal the match.
Harvinder had reached the round of 16 after defeating Stefano Travisani of Italy 6-5 earlier in the day.
Harvinder had a big chance to win the encounter early in the game but one small mistake resulted in both the archers going for a shoot-off.
Earlier this week, Indian archer Rakesh Kumar missed out on a semi-final berth by a whisker as he faced a 143-145 defeat at the hands of China’s Ai Xinliang.
Rakesh Kumar gave a neck-to-neck fight in all five rounds in the quarter-finals but the Chinese archer didn’t allow the Indian athlete to get over him.
Another Indian archer Shyam Sundar had gone down 139-142 against Matt Stutzman of the USA in the individual compound open 1/16 elimination round last week.
For all the latest Sports News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
Denial of responsibility! NewsBit.us is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
