Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated archer Harvinder Singh for winning gold in the men’s individual recurve archery tournament at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Wednesday. In a post on X, PM Modi said it was “a very special gold in adaptive archery.”
Extending my best wishes to Singh, Prime Minister Modi posted: “Congratulations to Harvinder Singh for winning the gold medal in the men’s individual recurve open at the #ParalympicGames2024!”
The Prime Minister said: “Your precision, concentration and unwavering spirit are exceptional. India is very happy with your achievement.”
President Drupadi Murmu He also congratulated 33-year-old para-athlete Harvinder Singh for his splendid performance in the final under tremendous pressure.
“My heartiest congratulations to Harvinder Singh for winning the gold medal in the men’s individual recurve archery event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. This is Harvinder’s second medal in consecutive Paralympic Games and India’s first ever archery gold medal. His exceptional performance under tremendous pressure is inspiring. I wish him more glory for the tricolour,” President Murmu wrote on X.
Harvinder Singh wins gold
Harvinder, who became the first Indian to win an archery medal at the Games with bronze three years ago in Tokyoimproved the colour of his medal in a superlative performance of five consecutive victories.
Singh on Wednesday became India’s first Paralympic gold medallist in archery. He defeated Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 in a one-sided final and wrote a historic milestone for himself and his country.
The Haryana archer has a disability in his legs due to dengue treatment that adversely affected him when he was just a toddler.
Harvinder’s success marked India’s second medal in archery at the Paris Paralympics. Indian archery pair Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi bagged the bronze medal in the mixed team compound archery event.
Harvinder hails from a farming family in Ajit Nagar in Haryana and faced significant adversity from a young age. When he was just one-and-a-half years old, he contracted dengue and due to the side effects of some injections administered to him, both his legs were damaged, news agency PTI reported.
Despite this initial challenge, he found his passion for archery after being inspired by the London 2012 Paralympic Games. He made his debut at the 2017 World Para Archery Championships, finishing seventh. He went on to win a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, and during the COVID-19 lockdown, his father converted their farm into an archery range to support his training. Harvinder made history by winning India’s first archery medal, a bronze, at the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago.
(With contributions from agencies)
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