Paris Paralympics 2024: Harvinder Singh gets one step closer to second medal, advances to archery mixed team quarterfinals
Paris Paralympics 2024 gold medalist, Harvinder Singh on Thursday got one step closer to winning his second medal. Harvinder and his partner Pooja Jatyan advanced to the quarterfinals of the archery mixed-team event.
Harvinder and Pooja survived a scare before beating Australia in a shoot-off to move into the quarters.
If successful, Harvinder will become only the second Indian to win more than one medal at the same Paralympics.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Harvinder?became the first Indian archer to strike gold at the Paralympics.
The 33-year-old?Harvinder, who became the first Indian to win an archery medal at the Games with a bronze three years ago in Tokyo, bettered the colour of his medal in a superlative performance of five consecutive wins.
Reflecting on his gold medal win, Harvinder said his focus was on the match.
"In the last few months, I was shooting very well in practice, more than the world record in qualification. Here, I finished ninth (in the ranking round), and my confidence went a little bit down. Anyway, I focused on the matches because anything could happen,"?Harvinder?was quoted as saying by 'World Archery'.
"Archery is a game of unexpected. Everything can happen. I focused on every arrow. Only the next arrow counts,"?Harvinder added.
Harvinder said his mantra is to always aim for a '10' with his final arrow, something he says, helped him achieve his goal in Paris.
"If you have confidence, you can learn the arrow. Sometimes it can slip to nine, but you always have to finish with a 10, because it's your last arrow. In my matches and many situations, I landed my last arrow in a 10. I focused on my last arrow," he said.
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