Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag fell 141-150 to China’s Xu Xueqing and Zhao Jing in the women’s compound doubles final at the Asian Para Games.
The Chinese pair outscored them by nine points, with a flawless 150 to the Indians’ 141. The match tightened until the very last frame, where precision was everything.
In the penultimate frame, a miscalculated arrow by Payal slipped past the center, costing the pair a crucial point that ultimately swung the match in China’s favor.
Sheetal, born without arms, had captured silver in the same event last Games partnering Sarita Devi; Payal, a quadruple amputee, is now the youngest silver medalist in Indian para archery history.
They now aim to translate silver into gold at the 2026 Asian Games, hoping to break the Chinese dominance in this discipline.