New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Paris Paralympics 2024 gold medallist Harvinder Singh has expressed his emotions after being chosen for the Padma Shri award.
On the eve of the Republic Day, India’s para-archer Harvinder Singh stood amongst those that will obtain the Padma Awards in 2025.
The Padma awards, among the many nation’s highest civilian honours, are conferred below three classes – Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.
The awards are given in numerous disciplines, corresponding to artwork, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, commerce and business, medication, and literature amongst others.
“I am happy. This is a proud moment for me that I have been awarded the Padma Shri. I want to give the credit for this to my coaches. I will keep going like this. I would like to tell the youth to set a goal for themselves and work on that,” Harvinder Singh mentioned whereas talking to ANI.
The Padma Shri award is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India after the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, and the Padma Bhushan.
Harvinder tasted success up to now yr together with his constant performances. He acquired his palms on India’s first-ever gold medal in para-archery on the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
It was a one-sided affair within the males’s particular person recurve open occasion. Harvinder had ousted Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek with a straight-set win, 6-0, within the gold medal match.
His triumph in Paris marked a medal in two successive Paralympics, having received a bronze medal within the recurve para-archery on the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. His triumph in Tokyo was India’s first medal in archery within the Paralympics.
Harvinder had the chance so as to add one other medal to his tally however landed brief within the decisive conflict. Harvinder and Pooja fell brief within the bronze medal tie in opposition to Slovenia’s Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic within the blended workforce recurve open on the Paris Paralympics. Despite beginning brightly, they ultimately succumbed to a 4-6 defeat within the bronze medal match.
Following his historic success, Harvinder together with Preeti Pal had been named the flag bearers for India on the closing ceremony of the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Recently, throughout the National Para Archery Championship, which was held in Jaipur, Harvinder received 4 gold medals.
Harvinder, who hails from Kaithal, Haryana, confronted hardship when he was simply over a yr outdated. He had contracted dengue and required injections for therapy. The unwanted effects of these injections led to the lack of perform in his legs. (ANI)