A winner of two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and an Asian Games bronze medal the same year, Deepika is eyeing her third Olympics stint after London 2012 and Rio 2016.
The Indian trio of Deepika, Ankita and Laishram Bombayala Devi competed under a neutral flag due to the current suspension of the Archery Association of India (AAI), which is in administrative turmoil right now.
The Indian archers, playing under the neutral flag due to the suspension of the Indian federation, secured two medals at the Asian Archery Championship.
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.
At the Rio Olympics also, she had made an early exit even though she entered the biggest sporting event as world number one.
This is a first for the women's compound team while women's recurve archer Deepika Kumari had been a former world number one in the past.
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.
Deepika's last World Cup medal was a silver that came before the Rio Olympics in Antalya World Cup 2016.
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