Updated On: 27 November, 2024 08:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
We are more like friends really,” said coach Sharma with a smile. “He [Harvinder] is 33 and I am 35, the ages show why we are friends rather than strictly guru-shishya,” he added

Paralympic gold medal-winning archer Harvinder Singh (2nd from left) with coach Gaurav Sharma (3rd from left) in conversation with sports writer Khalid Ansari (left) and Rotarian Mudit Jain. Pic/Anurag Ahire
It was bullseye for guts and glory as para archer Harvinder Singh from Haryana, who won a Paralympics gold in the men’s singles recurve event in Paris this year, was in the city to receive the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Arvind Jolly Award for Excellence in Sports.
Harvinder has a disability in his legs, having suffered a medical mishap as a child. He was accompanied by his coach Gaurav Sharma. “We are more like friends really,” said coach Sharma with a smile. “He [Harvinder] is 33 and I am 35, the ages show why we are friends rather than strictly guru-shishya,” he added.