Much fancied Para Archer Sheetal Devi lost in the round of 16 of the women’s compound open event at the Paralympics 2024 while Sarita lost in the quarters on Saturday.
Playing against Tokyo silver medalist Mariana Zuniga of Chile in the round of 16, Sheetal shot 137 and lost by one point.
Sheetal shot a poor shot of 7 in the second end, which cost her the tie.
Sheetal started out on a positive note as she hit two X dropped one point to take the opening set 29-28.
But her 7-point in the second arrow gave the Chilean seasoned archer the much-needed opening as she won the second end 27-26 to make it level (55-all).
It was a neck-and-neck affair for the duo in the next eight arrows before Mariana edged out Sheetal in the final arrow by shooting a 9 as the Paralympics debutant Sheetal slipped to the 8-ring to lose by one point.
While Sheetal lost in the round of 16, Sarita lost in the quarter-final to Turkey’s Onzur Cure Girdi who smashed the world record to top the qualifying round with a score of 704 out of a maximum of 720 points.
Sarita fought hard against Onzur but fell short by five points losing 145-140.
Earlier in the pre-quarters, Sarita defeated high-ranked Italy’s Eleonora Sarti 141-135 to move to the quarters..
Rakesh will be in action tomorrow in the men’s Compound open event.