Paralympics 2024
Paralympics 2024 Archery: India wins historic bronze in mixed team-Highlights
Team India will directly feature in the quarterfinals of the mixed team event in the compound archery open category.
Indian para compound archers Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi made history at Les Invalides arena, winning the bronze medal in the mixed team compound archery open category at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
After winning Indonesia in the quarters, India narrowly lost out to the Iranians in the semi-finals but prevailed in the bronze medal match against Italy, winning it with a record score of 156-155.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 2 Sep 2024 2:58 PM GMT
The Indians are out in the arena!
The quarter-final fixture between India and Indonesia in the mixed team compound open category will get underway shortly.
- 2 Sep 2024 2:15 PM GMT
Format for the mixed doubles:
Both teams will have four ends, or rounds, and in each round, four arrows will be shot, two each by both the players.
Ultimately, the team that scores the most points wins the match.
- 2 Sep 2024 2:04 PM GMT
India to play Indonesia in the quarters!
The duo of Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi will face off Ken Swagumilang and Teodora Ferelly.
Rakesh and Ken played out a classic match yesterday in the round of 16, with the former coming out on top against the world no.2 in the shoot-out.
Who will come out on top today?
- 2 Sep 2024 1:44 PM GMT
Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of the archery events at the Paralympics!
We have the Indian mixed team in action today at the compound open category quarter-finals.
The team will feature the men's world no.1 para compound archer Rakesh Kumar and 17-year-old Sheetal Devi.
Their opponents will be revealed shortly and the match is tentatively scheduled for 8:30 PM, IST.
Stay tuned for more updates!
