Sheetal Devi was trailing 55-59 in the final of the compound individual at the Asian Para Games in Japan when she hit six consecutive tens, four of them inner tens. She won 142-139 against Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah, the archer who finished second to her in the final at Hangzhou, and took her fourth Asian Para Games gold.

It was her second gold of Thursday. Earlier in the day, Devi, the 19-year-old Jammu and Kashmir archer and Paris Paralympics bronze medallist, had won the compound mixed title with Toman Kumar Taram. The day before, she and Payal Nag had lost the women’s doubles final. She had won the doubles silver at Hangzhou and wanted the title this time. After the loss, she spoke to her coach Gaurav Sharma and spent time with her mother Shakti Devi, who is travelling with her in Japan.

“Kal mata rani ki kripa se silver aya tha aur aaj do gold aye hain (Yesterday, with Mata Rani’s blessings, the silver came and today two gold medals have come).…