Correct Answer : Sheetal Devi
* Asian Para Games gold medal winner Sheetal Devi grabbed a silver in the Khelo India NTPC National Ranking archery meet, finishing second behind Haryana’s Ekta Rani, who is able-bodied and a junior world champion.
* In the competition held at the DDA Yamuna Sports Complex, the 17-year-old Sheetal competed with able-bodied junior archers and lost 138-140 to Ekta in the individual compound event final.
* Sheetal, who was bestowed the Arjuna award earlier this year for her two gold and a silver medal winning performance in the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, was born with a rare condition called phocomelia which makes her the first and the only international para-archery champion without arms.
* Sheetal believes her performance in the Khelo India event will help her prepare for the challenges ahead.
* “This result will help me more going ahead in the international platforms and the Olympics,” Sheetal was quoted as saying in a media release from the Sports Authority of India.
* Her coach Abhilasha said the competition was much-needed for the teenager before the Paralympics.
* “Taking part in the national ranking tournament, alongside able-bodied competitors, is giving training and competition exposure which is much-needed prior to the Olympics,” said the archer’s coach Abhilasha.
* “We have to go abroad for exposure but we are getting the same experience here itself. Domestic-level tournaments like these are helping the cause,” Abhilasha added..
Source : The Hindu
