{"id":40073,"date":"2023-12-16T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T07:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40073"},"modified":"2023-12-16T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T07:06:10","slug":"romica-sharma-the-escort-behind-sheetal-devi-s-success-laps-up-khelo-india-para-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40073","title":{"rendered":"Romica Sharma, the escort behind Sheetal Devi\u2019s success laps up Khelo India Para Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-40072\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma.jpg\" alt=\"Sheetal Devi Romica Sharma\" width=\"850\" style=\"display: block; margin: 8px auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma.jpg 1171w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma-696x445.jpg 696w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sheetal_Devi-Romica_Sharma-1068x682.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1171px) 100vw, 1171px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> Romica Sharma remains a very important figure in Sheetal Devi\u2019s life. While the inspirational teenager Sheetal turns heads around the world, Romica quietly does the job as one of the most integral figures in Sheetal\u2019s support team.<\/p>\n<p>Sheetal is competing in the Compound Women\u2019s Open category at the Para Archery event of the Khelo India Para Games. She has already made it to the finals, scheduled on Saturday December 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSheetal was not competing for a while after the Asian Para Games but now I\u2019m happy with her scores here. She has made it to the final in a good fashion and Sheetal tells me that she is happy with the arrangements here at the Khelo India Para Games. There is no difference between this competition and international tournaments,\u201d Romica said.<\/p>\n<p>Romica, a compound archer herself, is the escort of Sheetal during international events. The J&amp;K duo is currently at the JLN Stadium and the chemistry between them cannot be missed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very happy to be Sheetal\u2019s escort. I met her at the Nationals three years back on the request of coach Kuldeep Vedwan and from then, I started being close to her,\u201d Romica mentioned on the sidelines of the Khelo India Para Games.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from helping para athletes during their day-to-day activities, the work of an escort involves off-field assistance as well. Speaking on her everyday work with Sheetal, the 22-year-old adds, \u201cI oversee her practice sessions, carry the arrows, luggages, besides supervising her stretching work as well as ensuing her scoring. Off the field also, I help in feeding her as well as speaking to her whenever she needs a helping hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel more like a sister to her [Sheetal] even though I\u2019m a good friend of her,\u201d continues Romica. \u201cWhenever she is travelling anywhere alone, I feel anxious on how she is doing. She is a little \u2018ziddi\u2019 (persistent) as well as \u2018masoom\u2019 (innocent) and also watches a lot of serials!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are inseparable,\u201d Romica said.<\/p>\n<p>Romica also recalled moments from the Asian Para Games 2022 where Sheetal won three medals (2 gold, 1 silver) and made history, becoming the first armless archer in the world to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was standing just beside her during the last arrows in the Individual Compound final (where Sheetal won the gold). There was tension all around and I missed Kuldeep sir there. But I kept telling her, \u2018Tujhe coach ne jo sikhaya, who yaad rakh\u2019 (Remember what coach sir taught you!),\u201d mentions Romica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Romica Sharma remains a very important figure in Sheetal Devi\u2019s life. While the inspirational teenager Sheetal turns heads around the world, Romica quietly does the job as one of the most integral figures in Sheetal\u2019s support team. Sheetal is competing in the Compound Women\u2019s Open category at the Para Archery event of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sports-more-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Romica Sharma, the escort behind Sheetal Devi\u2019s success laps up Khelo India Para Games - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40073\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Romica Sharma, the escort behind Sheetal Devi\u2019s success laps up Khelo India Para Games - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Romica Sharma remains a very important figure in Sheetal Devi\u2019s life. 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