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Matt Stutzman has no arms. He was born that way. But he has — pardon the pun — a disarming sense of humor. The American is known as the “Armless Archer,” a silver medalist from the 2012 Paralympics who will be among the favorites for a podium finish in the 2024 Paris Games. Asked in…
Para archery events at Paris Paralympics 2024 will take place from August 29 to September 5 at the iconic Les Invalides arena. India will compete in six out of nine categories. After the ranking round, the archers will have to compete in eliminatory duels contested in five sets of three arrows each (four sets of…
Indian para archers Sheetal Devi and Sarita finished second and ninth, respectively in women’s individual compound open ranking round at Paris Paralympics 2024 on Thursday. The 17-year-old Sheetal, who shoots with her legs as she was born without arms, recorded a new personal best score of 703, finishing a point behind Turkiye’s Oznur Cure Girdi,…
India’s Rakesh Kumar lost to China’s He Zihao by one point in the men’s compound open category bronze medal match at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Sunday. Rakesh, who came qualified for the semifinal lost to another Chinese para archer Ai Xinliang to 143-145 before narrowly missing out on bronze by a solitary point. READ…
Harvinder Singh won a historic first-ever gold medal for India in para archery at Paris Paralympics on Wednesday. Harvinder defeated Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25) in the men’s individual recurve open final to clinch his second straight medal at the Paralympic Games. He had created history by bagging the bronze medal in the…
History-making Indian archer Harvinder Singh’s pursuit of a double medal at the Paris Paralympics ended in heartbreak as he, along with Pooja Jatyan, lost to Slovenia in the shoot-off in a tense recurve mixed team bronze playoff match on Thursday. After being outplayed by the top-seeded Italy in the semifinals, the fifth-seeded Harvinder and Pooja,…
