Kapil Parmar bagged India's first-ever Paralympic medal in judo, winning a bronze in the men's 60kg (J1) after convincingly defeating Brazil's Elielton de Oliveira in the play-off here on Thursday.

Parmar produced a superlative performance, dominating his opponent from start to finish to record a 10-0 win in the bronze medal contest.

He had earlier lost to S Banitaba Khorram Abadi in the semi-finals, beaten 0-10 by his Iranian opponent.

The J1 class in para judo is for the athletes who suffer from no to very low visual activity.

Parmar, who won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games in the same category, had earlier beaten Venezuela's Marco Dennis Blanco 10-0 in the quarterfinals.

Parmar was, however, handed a yellow card in each of the two contests on Thursday.

Yellow cards in judo are given for minor violations such as passivity or using a technique that might hinder the opponent or cause injury.

History-making Indian archer Harvinder Singh's pursuit of a double medal at the Paris Paralympics ended in heartbreak as he, along with Pooja Jatyan, lost to Slovenia in the shoot-off in a tense recurve mixed team bronze playoff match.

After being outplayed by the top-seeded Italy in the semi-finals, the fifth-seeded Harvinder and Pooja, who both hail from Haryana, slipped twice from a 2-0 and 4-2 lead to lose to Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic 4-5 (19-17) in the bronze medal match.

After clinching the first set 33-30, a couple of stray arrows — 6 by Pooja and 5 from Harvinder — allowed Slovenia to bring it on level with a 34-29 win in the second set.

Harvinder continued from where he left in the second set by nailing two 10s, while Pooja hit in the 9 ring twice that brought them back on track with a 38-33 win in the third set that also restored their lead (4-2).

But they failed to close it out, with the duo hitting a 5 and 7 in the fourth set as Slovenia won the fourth set 34-29 to force a shoot-off.

Fabic made a strong start in the shoot-off hitting the 9 before Ziva wrapped it up with a perfect 10 as Harvinder and Pooja managed 8 and 9.