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Armless archer Sheetal Devi qualifies for her first international able-bodied event: ‘I have not seen myself as lesser than anybody’ | Sport-others News

Armless archer Sheetal Devi qualifies for her first international able-bodied event: ‘I have not seen myself as lesser than anybody’ | Sport-others News

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On Thursday morning, Sheetal Devi sealed her spot in the Indian junior team for Asia Cup 2025 Stage 3 to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from December 10 to 15, breaking new ground once more. It would be the first time that the newly-crowned Para Archery World Champion would be playing in an able-bodied tournament. The 18-year-old para archer spoke with her parents Mann Singh and Shakti Devi and brother Ajay Kumar at Loidhar village in Kishtwar over phone, remembering the times she failed to go past the trials for able-bodied events in the past. Devi finished third in the trials in Sonepat behind Tejal Rajendra Salve and Vaidehi Jadhav, and forms the Indian team along with fourth-placed Dnyaneshwari Gadadhe. “I had competed in the able-bodied trials in 2023 as well as earlier this year once but could not get past the qualification stage. Whenever I compete with the bow and arrow, I only compete against myself. Whether it’s para archery or able-bodied, I have not seen myself as lesser than anybody. And that’s …

Sheetal Devi becomes first Indian woman Para Archer to qualify for able-bodied Event

Sheetal Devi becomes first Indian woman Para Archer to qualify for able-bodied Event

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Paralympic medallist, 17-year-old Sheetal Devi from Jammu and Kashmir, has become the first Indian woman para archer to qualify for an able-bodied international competition. Sheetal earned her place in India’s junior women’s compound team for the upcoming Asia Cup Stage 3, scheduled to be held in Jeddah later this year. The selection followed the Junior Selection Trials organized by the Archery Association of India at SAI NCOE Sonipat from November 3 to 6. Competing under the same conditions as other athletes, Sheetal finished third overall in the trials to confirm her selection. She scored a total of 703 points in the qualification rounds, 352 in Round 1 and 351 in Round 2, matching top scorer Tejal Rajendra Salve. In the combined rankings, Tejal Salve placed first, Vaidehi Hirachandra Jadhav second, and Sheetal third, securing her spot in the national squad. Born without arms, Sheetal uses her legs and shoulders to draw and release the bow, a unique technique that has already earned her gold medals at the World Para Championships and Asian Para Games. Her …

Paralympics champion Harvinder Singh taking aim at able-bodied archery events | Sport-others News

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Harvinder Singh’s immediate ambitions are modest – making the state squad first, and helping the team win the next Recurve Archery Nationals. But he is quietly looking forward to taking on men whom he calls ‘Olympics ke Ustaad.’ Masters of Olympics. The 33-year-old Paris Paralympics Recurve champion, with impairments weakening both feet, is aiming at a fairly difficult target – competition in the able-bodied category, which makes his pursuit unique. The Kaithal (Haryana) archer, has been shooting over the same 70 metre distance (as the able-bodied) with some brilliance in the past few months – he nailed five 10s, on clutch shots (needing 10-to-win), to claim the Paralympics gold. Same arrows, same bow, same match format, same target. Getting into the Open category mix might simply be about adapting to the prospect of competing against men with nothing holding them back in fitness – all standing still. But Harvinder is keen to back himself. “I’m aware that there’s no dearth of excellent archers in India amongst the able-bodied and for 12 years since I started …

Sheetal Devi wins silver at able-bodied event at Khelo India National Meet 2024

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17-year-old compound archer Sheetal Devi won a silver medal in the able-bodied individual compound archery event final at the 2024 Khelo India National Meet at the DDA Yamuna Sports Complex in New Delhi, on Wednesday. She lost out to Haryana’s Ekta Rani with a score of 138-140 in the final. Sheetal, an archer without arms who used her legs to shoot, had previously won two gold and a silver at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Para Games and was awarded the Arjuna award in recognition of her achievement. She also won silver in the open women’s compound archery event at the World Archery Para Championships 2023 in the Czech Republic in July last year. She was the first female armless archer to win a medal at the Para World Championships. The medal also helped Sheetal obtain a quota for India for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Sheetal with a Silver in an able-bodied tournament! 🏹 Hitting the headlines once again, 🇮🇳’s Para-Archery fame Sheetal Devi clinched🥈in the Sub-Junior compound girls category! The talented #TOPSchemeAthlete lost against …

Para legend Pramod Bhagat matches able-bodied icon Lin Dan’s count of 5 World championships; defeats arch rival Bethell 14-21, 21-15, 21-14 at Thailand | Badminton News

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Pramod Bhagat rallied from a set down to win a mammoth 100 minute battle against Englishman Daniel Bethell 14-21, 21-15, 21-14 at the Para World Championships in Thailand. The para legend, in the process, equalled Lin Dan’s mark of 5 World titles amongst able-bodied champs, and became the first para shuttler to secure 3 consecutive wins, in SL3 category with the longest para Worlds final. The versatile Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj picked his first World title in SL4, with a straight sets 21-18, 21-18 win over Indonesian Fredy Setiawan. In SH6 category, the pugnacious Krishna Nagar got the day’s finest win over Chinese Lin Naili, taking the title 22-20, 22-20, his fourth Worlds medal, and a precious gold. India’s 35-year-old para-hero in the SL3 category over the last 8 losses spanning Spain, Bahrain, Canada and Thailand, has realised just how challenging it is going to get against Bethell who’s thirsting for a Para Games gold medal that Bhagat won. (BWF Badminton) India finished with 3 gold, 4 silver and 11 bronze, a total of 18 medals …