Sheetal Devi Wins First Individual Gold in Ahmedabad Para Series

Key facts

• Sheetal Devi won her first individual women's compound title at the World Archery Para Series Ahmedabad 2026, defeating Kazakhstan's Aizada Seidan in the final.
• The final was tied at 144, and Sheetal Devi won via a shoot-off by shooting an inner-ten against Seidan's nine.
• Sheetal Devi had finished runner-up in the previous two stages in Thailand and Czechia.
• Sheetal Devi was India's only individual champion at the tournament, where Indian archers won 15 medals — 4 gold, 3 silver and 8 bronze.
• The Indian para mixed recurve team of Harvinder Singh and Bhawna Choudhary won their second consecutive Para Series title, beating China 6-0.
• Indian individual bronze medalists included Sarita (women's compound), Toman Kumar (men's compound), Bhawna Choudhary (women's recurve) and Swati Chaudhary (W1 women).