Archery: Indian women's recurve team clinches gold at World Cup Stage 3
Other Sports | June 27, 2021 14:56 ISTDeepika, Ankita and Komalika wins Gold for India in Women's team Recurve at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.
Deepika, Ankita and Komalika wins Gold for India in Women's team Recurve at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.
World number three Deepika is also in the hunt for a second medal, having advanced to the individual semi-final for the second successive time this year.
In their first international competition in about two years, the Indian compound archers appeared rusty.
Former world number one Deepika claimed her career's third individual World Cup gold, while her husband Das grabbed his first-ever World Cup individual medal in style winning the men's recurve individual final.
This was India's fifth recurve women’s team gold in World Cup having won in Shanghai- 2011, Medellin-2013, Wroclaw-2013 and 2014 previously.
The women's team will take on seventh-seed Mexico in the gold medal clash on Sunday.
Deepika, who qualified as the number three seed, displayed some incredible shooting to down German archer Michelle Kroppen in straight sets.
In the women's individual recurve qualification round, Ankita Bhakat shot 673 points to finish second in the group. Deepika Kumari scored 671 to finish third.
The tournament serves as a preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in less than 100 days and the Indian men's team which has qualified will look to make the most of it.
The first stage of the series will go on till April 25 after which it moves to Shanghai from May 17 to 23.
The suspension, originally announced to last until April 30, was introduced in mid-March because of the rapidly worsening worldwide health crisis caused by the coronavirus.
The event in Guatemala had no direct qualification implications for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Despite the suspension coming into effect from August 5, Indian archers have been allowed to compete in the 2019 World Archery Youth Championships, slated to be held in Madrid from August 19.
The Indian women's team are yet to qualify for the next year's Olympics but Deepika said the exposure will help.
Deepika Kumari held her nerves in an intriguing play-off to down Lisa Unruh and win the bronze medal in the Archery World Cup Finals.
Deepika, a four-time World Cup final silver medallist, qualified for the Archery World Cup Final in Samsun, Turkey, which will be her seventh appearance at the season-ending event.
The men's recurve team, on the other hand, continued their poor outing and exited in the first round.
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