{"id":1669,"date":"2026-10-19T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=1669"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:00:30","slug":"asian-para-games-sheetal-devi-delivers-historic-performance-matches-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=1669","title":{"rendered":"Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi Delivers Historic Performance, Matches World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the 2026 Para Asian Games, Indian para-archer Sheetal Devi delivered a stellar performance in the women\u2019s compound qualification round on Monday. Scoring 704 points out of a possible 720, she equalled the world record and set a new Asian record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sheetal\u2019s Remarkable Score and Record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheetal surpassed the previous Asian record (698 points) by six points. In this 72-arrow round, she scored 352 points in each of the two 50-meter segments. Her tally included 32 &#8216;X&#8217;s (bullseyes) and 25 shots scoring 12 points. This achievement is being hailed as a major milestone for Indian para-archery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Performance of Other Athletes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore\u2019s Nur Syahidah Alim secured second place with 683 points, while China\u2019s Xueqing Xu took third place with 680 points. Bangladesh\u2019s Joma Akter finished fourth with 676 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strong Showing by Payal Nag<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Indian archer, Payal Nag, scored 675 points, finishing in a tie for fifth place in the qualification round. Indonesia\u2019s Teodora Ferelly Audi Ayudia also scored 675 points. This historic performance by Sheetal Devi has sparked great excitement among Indian para-sports fans, raising expectations for even better results in the upcoming events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2026 Para Asian Games, Indian para-archer Sheetal Devi delivered a stellar performance in the women\u2019s compound qualification round on Monday. Scoring 704 points out of a possible 720, she equalled the world record and set a new Asian record. Sheetal\u2019s Remarkable Score and Record Sheetal surpassed the previous Asian record (698 points) by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}