Current Date 31 May, 2025

Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar Win Bronze in Mixed Team Compound Archery

India’s Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar won the bronze medal in mixed compound archery at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. They triumphed over Italy’s Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonacina by just one point, with a score of 156-155. Sheetal, 17, became India’s youngest Paralympic medallist, while Rakesh, 39, earned his first Paralympic medal. Sheetal, born with phocomelia, uses her legs to shoot, and Rakesh overcame a spinal injury and depression to achieve this success.