India finish second! Harvinder Singh’s double gold leads nine-medal haul at Asian Para Championship

Harvinder Singh, World No. 1 and Paralympics champion, secured two gold medals at the Beijing 2025 Asian Para Archery Championships on Sunday, leading India to second place in the medal standings behind China.India finished with three gold, three silver, and three bronze medals, while China topped with ten gold, four silver, and three bronze medals.Singh achieved a personal best and set a new competition record of 663 points in the recurve men's qualifying round. He won his first gold in the recurve open mixed team event with teammate Bhawna.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!He claimed his second gold on the final day in the recurve men's open title, completing a successful three-medal campaign.In the recurve open mixed team final, Harvinder and Bhawna defeated China's Zihan Gao and Jun Gan 5-4 (14-8) after Gao missed the shoot-off.Harvinder dominated the recurve men's open final against Thailand's Hanreuchai Netsiri with a 7-1 victory, securing India's third gold medal.India's women's compound team of Sheetal Devi and Jyoti won gold by defeating China's Lu Zhang and Jing Zhao 148-143, with Zhang missing in the final end.Harvinder and Vivek Chikara earned silver in the recurve men's open doubles, losing 4-5 (17-18) in a shoot-off to China's Jun Gan and Lixue Zhao.Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami took silver in compound men's open doubles, narrowly losing 155-156 to China's Ai Xinliang and Yicheng Zhang after the Chinese team scored perfect 10s in the final end.In the compound open mixed team event, Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti secured silver, losing 150-153 to China's Jing Zhao and Ai Xinliang.Pooja and Bhawna won bronze in recurve women's open doubles with a 6-2 victory over Indonesia.Naveen Dalal and Nurudin claimed bronze in men's W1 doubles, defeating Kazakhstan 18-15 in a shoot-off after both teams tied at 131.Jyoti, seeded third, completed her tournament with a bronze in the compound women's open category, defeating Indonesia's Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly 144-133.