Para Asian Games: Harvinder Singh extends India's gold tally to 7

IANS  |  Jakarta 

Archer extended Indias gold tally to seven as he finished first in the Men's Individual Recurve Open - W2/ST event at the Para here on Wednesday.

In the finals, Harvinder, 27, outclassed China's Zhao Lixue 6-0 to stand first at the podium.

The W2 category of impairment covers athletes with paraplegia, diplegia or double below the knee, requiring wheelchair.

Meanwhile, Monu Ghangas bagged silver in the men's throw F11 category, while settled for bronze in the men's shot put F46 category.

Also, Kanickai Irudayaraj won silver in the individual standard P1 Chess event while Bhavinaben Patel won silver in and Sudhir won bronze in the men's 80kg

Presently, has seven gold, 12 silver and 17 bronze medals.

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First Published: Wed, October 10 2018. 17:00 IST