Para Asian Archery Championship: Sarita Devi wins bronze; Sheetal, Rakesh in line for gold medal
The HinduSarita Devi clinched bronze medal after beating Jyoti Baliyan 139-135 in an all-Indian playoff in the women’s compound open section in the Para Asian Archery Championship in Bangkok on Monday. India has also assured at least two silver medals with Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi entering the finals of the compound open in both men and women category. Fresh from winning the Para Asian Games gold, Sheetal overcame Sarita 143-138 in the semifinals to make the gold medal clash with Singapore’s Nur Syahidah Alim who defeated Jyoti 150-138 in the other semifinal. India, however, failed to win any medal in recurve section with Tokyo Paralympic bronze medalist Harvinder Singh making a pre-quarterfinal exit - who went down 5-6 in a shoot-off finish against Japan’s Tomohiro Ueyama in the men’s recurve section.