Sheetal Devi-Rakesh Kumar beat Italy to clinch mixed team bronze in archery
The Indian duo of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar staged a remarkable comeback after the heartbreak in the semifinals to claim the bronze medal with a close 156-155 win over Italy`s Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonacina in the mixed team compound archery competition at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Monday.
It is only the second time that India has won a medal in Paralympics in archery. Harvinder Singh bagged a bronze at the Tokyo edition of the Games three years ago.
India won after the 17-year-old Sheetal`s shot was upgraded following a revision.
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With just four arrows left, the Indians were trailing by a point with Sarti displaying awesome form even as her partner Bonacina struggled a bit. But the Indian pair held on to emerge winners in the end.
It was a great comeback by the Indians after they went down in shoot-off following a dramatic semifinal clash against Iran`s Fatemeh Hemmati and Hadi Nori.
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