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| Name | Female Armless Archer | Sheetal Devi | Asian Para Games #shortsvideo #shortsviral #shorts |
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| Video Discription | Proud of Sheetal Devi on her extraordinary Gold Medal in Archery Women's Individual Compound open event at the Asian Para Games. This achievement is a testament to her grit and determination. Discovered at a military camp in a remote part of Kishtwar and adopted by the Indian Army in her childhood, Sheetal, who became the first armless woman to win a Para World Archery Championships medal in July, defeated Singapore's Alim Nur Syahidah 144-142 in the gold medal match. SHEETAL DEVI, a 16-year-old archer from Loidhar village in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, is the “first female archer without arms to compete internationally”, according to World Archery, the sport’s governing body. This week, she won three medals at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou. After her silver in women’s doubles compound, Sheetal added two gold medals from the mixed doubles and women’s individual too. On Friday morning, she won gold in the women’s compound with a win over Alim Nur Syahidah of Singapore in the final in Para Asian Games. Sheetal was born with Phocomelia, a rare congenital disorder that causes under-developed limbs. “Initially, I could not even lift the bow properly. But, after practising for a couple of months, it became easier,” Sheetal told The Indian Express on Thursday. “My parents always had faith in me. My friends in the village also supported me. The only thing I didn’t like was the look on people’s faces when they realised that I don’t have arms. These medals prove that I am special. These medals are not just mine, but of the whole country,” she said. At Hangzhou, Sheetal won a women’s team silver while pairing up with Sarita, and a mixed team gold with Rakesh Kumar — an impressive haul for someone who started training with the bow-and-arrow just two years ago. Her transformation from a school-going girl to an Asian Para Games medallist started when she enrolled for a youth event organised by the Indian Army in Kishtwar in 2021. Sheetal caught the attention of the scouts because of her athleticism. To get her a prosthetic arm, they reached out to the Major Akshay Girish Memorial Trust in Bengaluru, which in turn contacted Being You, an online storytelling platform. However, the prosthetic didn’t fit and Sheetal’s sporting career looked like it would end prematurely. “When we saw her, we felt the prosthetic arm would not work for her. She felt like it was the end of the road,” Preethi Rai, co-founder of Being You, said. But they did not lose hope. Climbing trees was a pastime back home, using her legs and upper body would be a silver lining. “An assessment done by sports physiotherapist Shrikant Iyenger showed she had a very strong upper body. She got 8.5 out of 10 in the test,” Rai said. Iyengar suggested archery, swimming and running as options. Sheetal said she didn’t know the muscles she developed by climbing trees would help her eventually. “Trees ki oochaaniyaan ko chooona chahiti thi, yahi cheez mujhe hamesha khush rakhti thi (I wanted to touch the heights of the trees, that was the only thing which made me happy),” Sheetal said. |
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