Tokyo Games bronze-winner Harvinder Singh became the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, beating Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek in a lop-sided final here on Wednesday.

The 33-year-old Indian, who lost to Kevin Mather of the US in the Tokyo Paralympics semi-finals before securing a bronze three years ago, put up a dominant show to knock out Ciszek 6-0 (28-24, 28-27, 29-25).

Harvinder won five back-to-back matches in a single day, showing neither fatigue nor nerves to etch his name in history and clinch India’s second medal in archery here.

Both his legs are impaired owing to the side effects of dengue treatment that he underwent as a toddler.

Sachin's record

World champion shot-putter Sachin Sarjerao Khilari smashed the Asian record en route a silver on Wednesday as India’s track-and-field athletes continued to surpass expectations in what is turning out to be the country’s best performance at the Paralympics here.

The 34-year-old Khilari pulled off 16.32m throw in his second attempt of the F46 category final to better his own Asian record of 16.30m which he set in May while winning gold in the World Para-Athletics Championships in Japan.

His silver on Wednesday was medal number 21 for the nation, which is currently placed 19th in the overall standings with three gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals.

Greg Stewart of Canada defended his Tokyo Paralympics gold with a throw of 16.38m, while Luka Bakovic of Croatia took the bronze with 16.27m.

Khilari’s silver was also India’s 11th medal from track-and-field.