Sheetal Devi Equals the Para Archery World Record With 704 in Nagoya: What the Score Means

704 out of 720. That was Sheetal Devi's score in women's compound qualification at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Monday, 19 October 2026 — a number that equals the world record held by Türkiye's Oznur Girdi from the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

The arithmetic behind the headline

• 72 arrows, 57 of them perfect 10s, including 32 Xs (the inner ring that breaks ties).
• A new Asian record: the previous mark was 698, so she improved it by six points.
• Her own Asian Para Games record before this round was 680, set at Hangzhou in 2023.

Sheetal is 19, from Jammu and Kashmir, a Paris Paralympics bronze medallist and the reigning Asian Games champion. Her earlier 698 is the score we reported when she topped qualification at the Ahmedabad Para Series, and she followed it with her first individual Para Series gold.

Team round: India top the table

India's three women's compound archers totalled 1,379, first in qualification, ahead of China on 1,338. That earns India a direct place in the semifinal, where the opponent will be the winner of the quarterfinal between fifth-seeded Thailand and fourth-seeded Kazakhstan. Odisha's Payal, an Asian Games debutant, scored 675 for fifth place individually; she beat Sheetal in the April 2026 World Archery Para Series final in Bangkok, so an all-India meeting in the individual rounds is possible.

What this score is, and is not

Qualification decides seeding. Medals are decided in the head-to-head knockout rounds, where a single arrow can swing a match. The source report covers qualification only; individual and team medal results were not available when this was written, and we will report them once confirmed.

For young archers in Jammu, from Katra's national ranking circuit to school-level ranges, the takeaway is the standard: 57 tens from 72 arrows, shot by a teenager from the same UT.

Sources: Greater Kashmir / PTI, 19 October 2026.