Harvinder Singh notched up India's maiden archery gold in the Asian Para Games in the men's individual recurve event, while the country also picked up three silver and four bronze medals on day 5 of the competitions here. Harvinder defeated China's Zhao Lixue 6-0 in the W2/ST category final to claim the top honours and take India's gold tally to seven. The W2 category of impairment covers athletes with paraplegia, diplegia or double leg amputation below the knee, requiring wheelchair. The ST category is for archers with limited impairment and who may take aim without having to need a wheelchair. Para-athletics, chess table tennis gave India three silver medals yesterday, while the bronze medals came from para-powerlifting, besides para-athletics.

Monu wins discus silver
It started with Monu Ghangas claiming the silver in the men's discus throw F11 category, before Vijay Kumar claimed silver in the men's long jump T42/T61/T63 category.
Ghangas claimed his silver with a throw of 35.89m, an effort which he managed in his third attempt. He finished behind Iran's Olad Mahdi, who achieved a new Asian as well as Games record of 42.37m. The F11 category deals with visual impairment.