India secured two gold and one silver medal on the penultimate day of the World Archery Para Series Stage III.
The men’s compound pair of reigning world champion Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami defeated Iraq 152-139 to claim gold. In the recurve event, double Paralympic medallist Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi also won gold, beating Slovakia 6-2.
Harvinder and Sundi recovered strongly after trailing in the opening set. They took control in the third set by hitting three 10s and eventually sealed the match with scores of 34-37, 36-31, 38-34 and 35-31.
In the women’s recurve event, Bhawna and Pooja settled for silver after China recorded a 6-0 victory in the final. India also missed a bronze in the women’s compound team event, where Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag lost their third-place playoff against China.
Harvinder made history by winning bronze at Tokyo 2020 and becoming India’s first archer to win Paralympic gold at Paris 2024.
