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Beyond barriers: Marvels of para sports

Overcoming physical disabilities, armless archer Sheetal Devi and wheelchair basketball player Geeta Chouhan are scaling heights

It’s often said, “Nothing is impossible to a willing heart!” And, 16-year-old Sheetal Devi from a tiny hamlet of Lohidar in Kishtwar district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir has proved the adage. She was born armless but with a brave heart and steely resolve. No wonder, she became the first Indian woman to win two gold medals in a single edition of the Asian Para Games by claiming the top honors in the women’s individual compound event.

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