Rakesh Kumar, Sheetal Devi. (X)
Sheetal Devi, shone bright on the day as she came inches within the WR in her individual ranking round with an incredible score of 703 to finish second and earn progress. She was aided by Rakesh’s brilliant 696 effort that helped the duo create history.
The Indian mixed compound archery team of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar smashed the World Record on Thursday with a combined score of 1399 to set a new Paralympic Record at the Paris edition of the Games.
Sheetal Devi, shone bright on the day as she came inches within the WR in her individual ranking round with an incredible score of 703 to finish second and earn progress. She was aided by Rakesh’s brilliant 696 effort that helped the duo create history.
The duo will head to the quarterfinal of the event as top seeds on the 2nd of September.