Sheetal Devi And Rakesh Kumar
Indian players are performing very well in Paris Paralympics 2024. The mixed team of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar has won the bronze medal in archery. The Indian mixed team scored 156. At the same time, the Italian team scored 155.
The Indian pair made a strong comeback after falling behind
In the bronze medal match, the Indian pair of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar was at one point trailing. But the Indian pair made a strong comeback and won the medal. In the end, Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar scored 10-10. With this, they managed to take a lead of one point over the Italian team in the final score.
Lost by a close margin in the semi-finals
Indian archer pair of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar lost to Iran’s Fatima Hemati and Hadi Nori in a shoot-off in the semi-finals of the archery event. The Indian pair had come close to making it to the finals but they had to face defeat after the Iranian team’s brilliant comeback and revision of the score by a judge. After the score was tied at 152-152, the match went into a shoot-off. Both the teams scored perfect in the shoot-off but Fatima’s arrow hit the middle due to which the Iranian team made it to the finals.
(News is being updated)