World Para Archery: Sheetal Devi clinches individual gold; Harvinder & Bhawna win gold in recurve mixed

By  News On Air   Sep 09, 2026

Reigning Paralympics champion Harvinder Singh and world No. 1 Sheetal Devi led the charge as India signed off their World Archery Para Series Stage III campaign in Ahmedabad on a high, winning two gold and four bronze medals, on the final day today. World No. 1 and reigning world champion Sheetal Devi held her nerve in a dramatic shoot-off to win the para compound women’s individual gold, while double Paralympics medallist Harvinder, paired with Bhawna, to clinch gold medal in the para recurve mixed team event. In the recurve mixed team final, double Paralympics medalist Harvinder and Bhawna made short work of China’s Liang Qiurong and Xia Lei, winning 6-nil in straight sets. Bhawna then added another bronze in an all-Indian para recurve women’s bronze-medal play-off, defeating compatriot Rajshree Rathod 6-nil. 

Sheetal returned in the evening session and produced a composed performance against Kazakhstan’s Aizada Seidan in a thrilling compound women’s individual final. Sheetal, thus, completed a medal double, having earlier teamed up with Toman Kumar to win bronze in the compound mixed team event. India also picked up a bronze in the para compound women’s individual event, with Sarita edging out China’s Wang Huiting. The campaign ended with another bronze for Toman, as the world No. 1 and reigning world champion defeated Iraq’s Abbas Kadhim in the para compound men’s individual event for his second medal of the competition.