Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar (Image credit: PCI) India's Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won the gold medal in the compound mixed team event at the Asian Para Games on Thursday.
The Indian pair defeated Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in the final.The top-seeded Indian team stayed ahead for most of the contest and held on to win by three points.
Watch Suchika Tariyal on her Asian Games bronze, childhood trauma, and never giving up | TOISA Spotlight India take control early Sheetal and Toman took a narrow 38-37 lead in the opening end.
They then increased their advantage to four points, leading 77-73 after the second end.Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Indonesia won the third end by one point, but India still had a three-point lead going into the final end.Both teams scored 38 points in the last end.
India’s earlier advantage proved enough to seal the gold medal with a 151-148 victory.Indians break world record The gold medal capped an impressive performance by Sheetal and Toman.
They had also set a new world record in the qualification round, scoring 1,402 points to better the previous record by two points.How Sheetal shoots Sheetal was born without arms and uses her feet and legs to position the compound bow.
