Payal Nag, Toman Kumar, and Bhawna Lead India's Para Archery Success

Payal Nag, Toman Kumar, and Bhawna Lead India's Para Archery Success.webp

In the World Archery Para Series, 16-year-old quadruple amputee archer Payal Nag defeated world No. 1 Sheetal Devi to win gold in the compound women's final in Bangkok. She secured a 139-136 victory in the compound women's final, as India concluded with 16 medals, including seven gold, five silver, and four bronze.

Other notable achievements included Toman Kumar winning gold in the compound men's event, and Bhawna winning the recurve women's title. Toman defeated Australia's Jonathon Milne 146-142 in the compound men's final, while Bhawna dominated Thailand's Phattharaphon Pattawaeo 6-0 in the recurve women's final.

Double Paralympic medallist Harvinder Singh had to settle for silver after losing 3-7 to Indonesia's Kholidin in the recurve final, while Swati Chaudhary also won a silver, losing 3-7 to South Korea's Ok Geum Kim in the W1 women's gold medal match. Earlier, Shyam Sunder Swami secured a bronze after defeating his compatriot and Paris Paralympic bronze medallist Rakesh Kumar in a close playoff in the compound men's individual event. Rakesh finished fourth after a narrow defeat.
 
Tags Tags
archery bangkok bhawna compound archery harvinder singh india para archery payal nag rakesh kumar recurve archery sheetal devi shyam sunder swami swati chaudhary toman kumar world archery para series
Back
Top