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Sheetal sizzles, qualifies for the round of 16

India’s armless archer Sheetal Devi finished second in the women’s individual compound open ranking round with a stunning performance to directly make the round of 16 at the Paralympics on Thursday. The 17-year-old, who shoots with her legs, scored a total of 703 points out of possible 720 to finish second behind Oznur Girdi Cure of Turkey, who set a ranking round world record of 704 points. Sheetal also got past the ranking round world record of 698 set by Phoebe Pine Paterson of Great Britain earlier this month. In the men’s individual recurve open ranking round, Tokyo Paralympics bronze medallist Harvinder Singh finished ninth with a score of 637.

The Hindu

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