paralympics 2024 sheetal devi first indian female para archer cross the 700 mark in the ranking round qf

Paralympics 2024 is being organized in Paris, the capital of France. Where Indian athletes started their campaign from Thursday. The first day of Paralympics 2024 was mixed for India, where some athletes started with a win in para badminton while some had to face defeat. In this episode, in the qualification round of women’s singles compound archery, India’s young athlete Sheetal Devi and Turkey’s Girdi Oznur, both have broken the world record. Sheetal Devi has reached the quarter-finals.

The world record score in the first qualification round was 698. But Oznur and Sheetal have surpassed the world record by scoring 704 and 703 points respectively. Earlier, Sheetal Devi topped the qualification round of women’s singles compound archery with 408 points.

Let us tell you that Sheetal, a resident of Kishtwar, a small village in Jammu and Kashmir, has taken up the responsibility of winning a medal for the country in the Paralympics without having hands. 17-year-old Sheetal has been without two hands since birth. She is born with a disease called phocomelia. But she never gave up in life. She does archery with her feet only. Sheetal Devi is sitting on a chair, picks up the bow with her right foot and then pulls the string from her right shoulder and releases the arrow with the strength of her jaw. Everyone is surprised to see this art of hers.