India’s Sheetal Devi has failed to recreate history. The Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist lost in a crunch game against Chile’s Mariana Zuniga. Sheetal Devi, who initially came second by delivering a personal best score of 703 in the qualification round, was unable to advance to the quarterfinals, ending with a 137-138 scoreline.
Sheetal Devi in Paralympics 2024
Speaking more about Sheetal Devi’s performance in the women’s compound open category 1/8 elimination round, it was indeed a crunch game and went down to the final end. Even when she started with an 8, while Mariana scored a 9, Sheetal made a strong comeback with a perfect 10. However, Mariana responded with another 10. Sheetal’s final arrow scored an 8, but Mariana sealed the win with an 8.
Sheetal Devi Paralympics match
Well, for many, it came as a setback, after witnessing such a crunch defeat. But not to worry, as this 17-year-old superstar, is still in contention for a medal in the mixed team event of the compound open category. Sheetal and Rakesh Kumar will take charge. It is important to mention, that both have broken the ranking round world record with a combined score of 1399. They will face either Indonesia or Iraq, depending on who wins, in the quarterfinals on September 2.
