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Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi equals world record, sets new Asian…
Sheetal Devi, 19, shot fifty-seven tens from seventy-two arrows in qualifying, beating her own Asian record by six points; the world record is now shared with Turkey.
On air: Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on BBN OvernightPublished
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- First reported by The Times of India: “Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi equals world record, sets new Asian mark with 704 points”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 1:30 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: Asian.
- BBN covered this story before: Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia still on, organisers say, but golf tour… (October 16).
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSheetal Devi, nineteen, scored seven hundred four out of seven hundred twenty in qualifying at the Asian Para Games, with fifty-seven tens from seventy-two arrows.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat equals the world record.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe record is shared with Turkey's Oznur Cure Girdi, who also shot seven hundred four at Paris, where Sheetal had seven hundred three.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLater this half hour, a new beetle species and its identification key.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne point, two years running. I'll pack Oznur an emergency kit for the rematch: bottled water and a calculator.
The story so far
- Chicago sex assault suspect described as 'South Asian male with dark… · Hindustan Times
- Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia still on, organisers say, but golf tour… · Al Jazeera
- Asian Para Games: Sheetal Devi equals world record, sets new Asian… (this story)
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