Rookie para archer Pooja Jatyan on Sunday scripted history as she became the first Indian to win a silver in an individual section of the Para Archery World Championships 2022 in Dubai. India has won 2 Silver medals for the first time in the Para Archery World Championship.

Pooja lost to Italian Petrilli Vincenza in the summit clash to end her World Para Championships dream run with a silver medal. Pooja, who has been afflicted with polio since childhood, put up a brave show racing to a 3-1 lead, but the world No. 7 Italian used her vast experience to bounce back and down the Indian by 3-7  (24-24, 23-21, 26-28, 24-26, 25-27) in the finals.

 Earlier, The compound mixed pair of Shyam Sundar Swami and Jyoti Baliyan had opened India's account with a silver medal, the country's first medal in the World Archery Para Championships