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Sheetal Devi, Sarita Take Silver in Women’s Compound Team at Para Worlds

The result confirms India's best World Archery Para Championships medal haul.

Overview

  • Turkey defeated India 152-148 in the final, pulling away with a 39-point closing end as the Indian pair totaled 36 with one arrow in the 7-ring.
  • Sheetal Devi and Sarita reached the title match after upsetting top-seeded Great Britain’s Phoebe Paterson Pine and Jessica Stretton 152-150 in the semifinals.
  • India’s tally at Gwangju is assured as the nation’s best at the championships, with at least four medals locked in.
  • Sheetal also earned a mixed team bronze with Toman Kumar, beating Great Britain 152-149.
  • Rakesh Kumar and Toman Kumar lost 150-152 to Canada in the men’s compound team quarterfinals, and India finished without medals in W1 and recurve following Harvinder Singh’s withdrawal and a women’s recurve quarterfinal exit to Korea.