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NEW DELHI: India's inspirational para-archer Sheetal Devi continues to redefine the boundaries of sporting excellence. The 18-year-old satellite compound champion from Jammu and Kashmir, who was calved without arms, achieved different historical milestone connected Thursday — earning enactment to the Indian able-bodied inferior squad for the upcoming Asia Cup Stage 3 successful Jeddah.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Her inclusion marks the archetypal clip a para-athlete has been picked for an Indian able-bodied planetary archery competition.“When I started competing, I had a tiny imagination — to 1 time vie alongside the able-bodied. I didn't marque it astatine first, but I kept going, learning from each setback. Today, that imagination is 1 measurement closer,” Sheetal wrote connected societal media aft her selection.Sheetal, who clinched a bronze medal successful the mixed squad compound lawsuit astatine the 2024 Paris Paralympics, has often spoken astir drafting inspiration from Turkey's Paralympic champion Oznur Cure Girdi, who besides competes successful able-bodied events globally.
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During the four-day nationalist enactment trials successful Sonipat, Sheetal competed alongside implicit 60 able-bodied archers nether identical conditions — and held her ain successful style. She scored 703 points successful qualification (352 successful the archetypal circular and 351 successful the second), matching apical qualifier Tejal Salve's total.In the last standings, Tejal (15.75 points) finished first, followed by Vaidehi Jadhav (15), portion Sheetal grabbed 3rd spot with 11.75 points, edging Maharashtra's Dnyaneshwari Gadadhe by conscionable 0.25 points.Sheetal has already made planetary headlines this twelvemonth by becoming the archetypal pistillate armless satellite champion successful para archery.Team India for Asia CupRecurve:
- Men: Rampal Choudhary (AAI), Rohit Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Mayank Kumar (Haryana)
- Women: Kondapavuluri Yuktha Sri (Andhra Pradesh), Vaishnavi Kulkarni (Maharashtra), Kratika Bichpuriya (Madhya Pradesh).
Compound:
- Men: Pradhuman Yadav, Vasu Yadav, Devansh Singh (all Rajasthan)
- Women: Tejal Salve, Vaidehi Jadhav (both Maharashtra), Sheetal Devi (Jammu and Kashmir).
