Paralympic champion Harvinder Singh and debutant Vijay Sundi won gold for India in the men's recurve doubles at the Asian Para Games on Friday, defeating China's Yun Duo and Zhao Lixue 5-1 in the final at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square, ANI and The Bridge reported.

Source: ANI via NewKerala

The Indian pair shared the opening set 35-35, then edged the next two sets 37-36 and 38-36 to seal the title on set points, their consistency in the closing sets proving decisive against the Chinese pair.

In the women's recurve doubles final, India's Pooja Jatyan and Bhawna Choudhary settled for silver after losing 0-6 to China's Gao Zihan and Wang Xueqian. Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya hailed Harvinder and Vijay as a 'dynamic duo' in a congratulatory post on X, Nation Press reported.

Harvinder, 35, is India's first Paralympic gold medallist in para archery, having won gold at Paris 2024 after bronze at Tokyo 2020. His partner Sundi, from Sikursai village in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, was making his Asian Para Games debut.