Sheetal Devi back in action to lead Indian contingent
Indian para-archers are ready to kick start their season in a tough field at the eighth Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament in Dubai, UAE, from March 3 to 7. Star players like Sheetal Devi, Rakesh Kumar and Harvinder Singh will lead the 14-member Indian contingent for the first ranking tournament of the year in the run-up to the 2024 Paris Paralympics. The event will also serve as a final World Qualification Tournament for the Paris Paralympics. The finalists in all six individual categories at the final qualification tournament will secure a quota place each for their countries. India already has won six quota places for the event with four of them coming in the compound event, while it won one each in the recurve events. Indian shooters will be aiming to add a few more quota places from the Dubai event. Sheetal Devi will be playing her first international event after becoming the world no.1 in the women’s compound open category. She will also eye for her first individual gold on the world stage …