02/09/2025
500 का चुना लगा दिया 🤣😂 Jammu and Kashmir's armless archer and Paralympics medallist Sheetal Devi edged out quadruple amputee Payal Nag of Odisha to win the gold in a much anticipated clash of the Khelo India Para Games here on Sunday.
In the battle between two teenagers, defending champion Sheetal came from behind to successfully bag her second gold medal of the Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Pitted against the 17-year-old Payal, Sheetal, 18, ed 109-103 in their compounddunnyery open final match.
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Payal doesn't have all the four limbs as she lost them due to electrocution when she was a child, and she shoots with prosthetic legsonditions at the national capital didn't deter the competi the archers as 40-year-old Rakesh Kumar and the 30-year-old Jyoti Baliyanin their respective events.
Jharkhand's Vijay Sundi beat Haryana's Vikas tve open gold medal match whoja won the women's recurven gold aftra's Rajshr were on the women's compound gold medal match bet stcores of 8 and 7 while Payal begaever, lost the upper hand in the third rounheetal got back to her consistent best of 9s and 10s. The deciding fifth round saw Sheetal clinching the gold. Payal played very well in the final and with her continuous hard work, she will defily get a medal for India soon. Personally, I am grateful for all the blessings bestowed by Matamedal at the Khelo India Para Games," Sheetal told SAl Media.
The soft-spoken Payal spoke about the technical aspects of the sport in her first Khelo India Para Games.
"Earlier, I used to shoot the arrows with two devices inetic legs but now, I'm shooting with just one leg. It was a problem adjusting but I still reached the final despite the discomfort and also there was a lot of windy conditions today. But I am happy to have competed in the final and got the
As per her coach Kuldeep Vedwan, Payal got a new dev
