Indian Archer Prepares for Paralympics

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Sheetal Devi: The Indian archer without arms shooting for Paralympics gold

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Sheetal Devi was born with phocomelia, a rare congenital disorder, making her the world’s first active female archer to compete without arms.

She raises the bow with her right leg, pulls back the string using her right shoulder and releases the arrow using the strength of her jaw.

Devi is currently ranked first in the world in the compound open women's category.

She won a silver at the Para-Archery World Championship , which helped her qualify for the Paris Games .

Devi won gold medal in compound compound event at Asian Para Games in 2023 .

Within just two years of starting out, she went from shooting at small distances to hitting six 10s in a row in the final of the women's individual compound event.

Devi said she hasn't gone home even once since moving to Katra two years ago to train.

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