Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag win silver

Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag (Image credit: X) India’s Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag won the silver medal in the women’s compound doubles event at the Asian Para Games on Wednesday.

The Indian pair lost 141-150 to China’s Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing in the final.The 19-year-old Indians found it difficult to match their opponents after the opening end and spent the rest of the match trying to catch up.

Watch Suchika Tariyal on her Asian Games bronze, childhood trauma, and never giving up | TOISA Spotlight Sheetal shoots four 10s, Payal struggles Paris Paralympics bronze medallist Sheetal was more consistent, hitting four 10s during the final.

However, Asian Para Games debutant Payal could not match her accuracy.

She scored mostly 9s and 8s before hitting a 7 with her final arrow.Sheetal was born without arms, while Payal is a quadruple amputee.

Despite the defeat, the pair finished with a silver medal.Sheetal wins second successive silver This was Sheetal’s second consecutive silver medal in the women’s compound doubles event at the Asian Para Games.

She had finished second in the previous edition while partnering Sarita Devi.Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Sheetal, who is from Loidhar village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, was born with phocomelia, a rare condition that left her arms severely underdeveloped.

She is also in contention for a gold medal in the individual event.Payal’s journey to the top Payal, who is from Odisha, lost all four limbs after coming into contact with an 11,000-volt high-tension power line at the age of eight.She came into the spotlight in April this year when she beat Sheetal on her way to winning gold at the World Archery Para Series in Bangkok.Indian men miss bronze by one point India’s Toman Kumar and Shyam Sunder Swami narrowly missed out on a medal in the men’s compound doubles event.

They lost 153-154 to China’s Ai Xinliang and Zhang Yicheng in the bronze-medal match.Kumar has a permanent physical impairment following the amputation of his left leg.