The duo, after being defeated by top-seeded Italy within the semifinals, succumbed to Slovenia with a rating of 4-5 (19-17).
Initially, Harvinder and Pooja, each from Haryana, managed to safe leads of 2-Zero and 4-2.Nevertheless, they have been outplayed by Ziva Lavrinc and Dejan Fabcic of Slovenia within the ultimate phases.
After successful the primary set 33-30, errors from Pooja (a stray 6) and Harvinder (a stray 5) allowed Slovenia to degree the match by successful the second set 34-29.
Harvinder then upped his recreation with two consecutive 10s, whereas Pooja hit the 9 ring twice. This ensured a 38-33 win within the third set, restoring their result in 4-2.
Sadly, they could not keep this momentum. The pair faltered within the fourth set, placing a 5 and a 7, which resulted in Slovenia successful 34-29 and forcing a shoot-off.
Within the decisive shoot-off, Dejan Fabcic led with a 9, and Ziva Lavrinc closed it with an ideal 10. Harvinder and Pooja might solely muster an eight and a 9, respectively.
A day after he turned the one Indian archer to win a gold, Harvinder teamed up with Pooja to lift hopes of securing an unparalleled second medal by edging out Australia’s Taymon Kenton-Smith and Amanda Jennings 5-4 (16-5) within the shoot-off within the opening spherical of 16.
Within the quarterfinals, the Indian duo dominated their higher-seeded Polish rivals, successful in straight units. Harvinder and Pooja maintained their type, whereas the Polish duo of Milena Olszewska and Lukasz Ciszek struggled for consistency, resulting in a 6-Zero victory for India.
Within the semifinals towards Italy’s top-seeded Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani, they fought valiantly however have been overpowered. Mijno and Travisani took the primary set 36-31 after which nailed 4 consecutive 10s within the second set to guide 4-0.
With time slipping away, Pooja and Harvinder made a comeback within the third set. Two 9s gave them a two-point lead on the midway mark, adopted by an ideal 10 from Pooja and a 9 from Harvinder, taking the set 37-35 and lowering the deficit to 2-4.
The highest-seeded Italians held their nerve, permitting the Indians no additional leeway as they dropped simply two factors to narrowly edge them out 38-37, securing their place within the ultimate.
Earlier within the week, India started its medal tally with a bronze received by Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi within the compound blended crew open class.
Within the recurve open class, archers shoot from a standing place, aiming at a 122cm goal from a distance of 70 meters. The goal contains 10 concentric circles that rating from 10 factors all the way down to 1 level from the middle outwards.
Harvinder Singh comes from a farming household in Haryana. He was left impaired in his legs as a consequence of unwanted side effects of injections administered when he contracted dengue as a one-and-a-half-year-old. Pooja Jatyan, now 27, additionally confronted the same destiny. At simply two months outdated, she was given the incorrect injection for prime fever, leading to polio in her left leg.
Pooja had earlier exited within the particular person quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Regardless of their valiant efforts and occasional brilliance, Harvinder Singh and Pooja Jatyan fell simply in need of clinching a second medal for India on the Paris Paralympics.
