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Sheetal Devi and Swati Chaudhary Advance to Gold Medal Matches at Asian Para Games
- •Defending champion Sheetal Devi defeated Japan’s Shinohara Aya to reach the women’s compound final against Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah.
- •Games debutant Swati Chaudhary secured at least a silver medal by beating South Korea’s Eunhee Lee in the women’s W1 semifinal.
- •India's recurve and compound women's doubles pairs also advanced to their respective gold-medal matches.
- •Paralympic gold-medallist Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi reached the men's doubles recurve final.
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Defending champion Sheetal Devi and Games debutant Swati Chaudhary advanced to the finals of their respective individual events at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya. Sheetal defeated Japan's Shinohara Aya in the compound semifinal, while Swati beat South Korea's Eunhee Lee in the W1 semifinal to secure at least a silver medal.
Sheetal Devi equalled the world record and set a new Asian record in the qualification round, scoring 704 out of 720 points. She also established a new Asian Games record, bettering her previous mark of 680 points set in Hangzhou in 2023.
India's recurve and compound women's doubles pairs advanced to their gold-medal matches, alongside the men's doubles recurve pair of Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi. Additionally, the recurve and compound mixed teams successfully advanced to the semifinals following victories over Thailand and Japan.
