Rakesh & Sarita win India’s 1st gold at World Para Archery Tournament

Rakesh & Sarita win India’s 1st gold at World Para Archery Tournament

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Category : Sports Published on: July 27 2023

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  • Indian compound archers Sarita and Rakesh Kumar gave a fine performance to claim the country’s first-ever gold medal in the World Archery Para Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
  • The duo claimed the mixed team world title, while 16-year-old armless archer Sheetal Devi bagged the compound women’s individual silver.
  • Sarita bagged a second medal when she took the women’s team bronze with Jyoti.
  • The country’s previous best showing was two silver medals — by Pooja in recurve individual event and Shyam Sundar Swami and Jyoti in compound mixed team — in Dubai last year.
  • Sarita and Rakesh defeated Brazil’s Jane Gogel and Reinaldo Ferreira 152-146 in the final. The match began with both sides sharing honours (37-37) in the first end. The Indians showed consistency to take the next three ends 37-36, 39-38, 39-35.
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