Harvinder Singh's Triumph: A Journey from Adversity to Paralympic Glory

Harvinder Singh, Tokyo Games bronze medallist, has advanced to the quarterfinals in Paralympic archery. Overcoming a poor start, he defeated Tseng Lung-Hui and Setiawan Setiawan. Despite early-life adversities and a significant health challenge, Harvinder found his passion in archery, achieving major successes on the international stage alongside pursuing a Ph.D. in economics.

Bronze medallist from the Tokyo Games, Harvinder Singh, has secured consecutive victories to advance to the quarterfinals in the Paralympic archery competition on Wednesday.

India’s only Paralympic medal-winning archer overcame Tseng Lung-Hui of Chinese Taipei 7-3, and then bounced back from an opening set deficit to edge out Indonesia’s Setiawan Setiawan 6-2 in the last-16 round.

Despite losing the first set by a single point, Harvinder quickly regained form, pressuring Setiawan with consistent scores and advancing to the next stage.