Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi storms into compound archery final, assures medal

NEW DELHI, Oct 20: Indian para-archer Sheetal Devi stormed into the final of the women’s compound archery event at the 2026 Asian Para Games after defeating Japan’s Shinohara Aya 145-137 in the semi-final on Tuesday.Buy Maps Sheetal will face Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah in the gold- medal match on October 22, having assured India of another medal at the ongoing Games.

Sheetal defeated the Philippines’ Agustina Bantiloc 147-135 in the quarter-finals and Hong Kong’s Chan Yuen Wah 149-134 in the pre-quarterfinals. Sheetal also set a world record during the elimination rounds, scoring 149 against Chan Yuen Wah and surpassing the previous record of 148 held by Jessica Stretton.