Which Indian athlete won the first-ever Paralympic gold in archery at the Paris 2024 Paralympics?

Correct — B. Harvinder Singh won the men's individual recurve open at the Paris 2024 Paralympics on 4 September 2024, beating Poland's Łukasz Ciszek 6-0 in the final.

It was India's first Paralympic gold in archery. He had already won India's first Paralympic archery medal, a bronze in the same event at Tokyo 2020. So option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Sheetal Devi — Sheetal Devi is a compound para-archer. Her Paris medal was a bronze in the mixed team compound open, won with Rakesh Kumar.
• (c)
  Rakesh Kumar — Rakesh Kumar's Paris medal was that mixed team compound bronze, shared with Sheetal Devi, not a gold.
• (d)
  Preethi Pal — Preethi Pal is a para-athlete, not an archer. At Paris 2024 she won bronze in the women's 100 m T35 and 200 m T35.

Para archery is contested in classes such as recurve open and compound open, separate from the Olympic archery events held in the same city weeks earlier.

At Paris 2024 India won Paralympic archery medals with both bows: Harvinder Singh's individual recurve open gold, and a mixed team compound open bronze for Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar.

Key facts

• Harvinder Singh won gold in the men's individual recurve open at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, beating Łukasz Ciszek of Poland 6-0 in the final.
• It was India's first Paralympic gold in archery.
• Harvinder Singh won bronze in the same event at Tokyo 2020, India's first Paralympic archery medal.
• Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar won bronze in the mixed team compound open at Paris 2024.

Common traps

• Picking Sheetal Devi, the best-known Indian para-archer at Paris 2024, whose medal there was bronze.
• Mixing up the recurve and compound events, which are contested separately.

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