Sheetal Devi won the women's compound individual gold at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, beating Singapore's Nur Syahidah Alim 142–139 in the final to secure India's 17th gold medal of the Games, IANS reported. The result defended the title she won at Hangzhou 2023, in a repeat of that edition's final against the same opponent.
Source: IANS via NewKerala
The final swung sharply. Sheetal fell four points behind at 55–59 after a 26-point second end, then produced two consecutive perfect ends of 30 to regain control and close out the victory, IANS reported. RevSportz recorded her five sets as 29, 26, 30, 30 and 27, against Alim's 29, 30, 27, 27 and 26.
Source: RevSportz
Earlier in the competition, Sheetal beat Japan's Shinohara Aya 145–137 in the semifinal, and in the pre-quarterfinals she scored 149 from 15 arrows against Hong Kong, China's Chan Yuen Wah — breaking the previous world record of 148 set by Great Britain's Jessica Stretton at the 2019 World Para Archery Championships, RevSportz reported.
Source: RevSportz
Two golds in a single day
The individual title capped an exceptional day: hours earlier, Sheetal had won the compound mixed team gold with Toman Kumar, beating Indonesia 151–148, and she also took silver in the women's compound doubles with Payal Nag. With two golds and one silver in Nagoya, she has matched her three-medal haul from Hangzhou 2023, IANS reported.
Source: IANS via Tripura Times
In para table tennis, Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa took bronze in the mixed doubles XD7, losing 1–3 to South Korea's Yeongjin and Migyu in the semifinal. ANI reported that the day's results took India's medal count to 73 — 17 gold, 22 silver and 34 bronze.
Source: ANI via Devdiscourse
Who: Sheetal Devi (India). What: women's compound individual archery gold, Asian Para Games 2026, Aichi-Nagoya. Final: beat Nur Syahidah Alim (Singapore) 142–139 after trailing by four points. It is her second gold of the day and India's 17th gold of the Games.