Robinhood Archer, 8-foot-plus spiker: Meet the Paris 2024 Paralympics’ coolest cats
Miles and Jacy with Indian coach Abhishek, Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues and Taymon Kenton-Smith from left to proper. (Particular arrangemnt)
Even earlier than 17-year-old Sheetal Devi shot herself to a mixed-team bronze medal at Paris 2024, she had change into one of many faces of the Paralympic motion, with the world marvelling at her potential. Right here was an adolescent who was competing in a sport like para archery that calls for precision. However greater than merely competing, she was redefining the act of archery itself, with the bow held aloft together with her proper leg and the arrow being launched by refined actions of her higher physique, often involving her shoulder leaning again barely or her jaw.
Watching Sheetal Devi compete at Paris 2024 made the web’s jaw drop. She wasn’t the one one.
However away from their viral fame-attracting pictures, every of those athletes have a narrative. We glance again a number of the most fascinating athletes from the Paris Paralympics (READ MORE)