Deepika Kumari, Parth Salunkhe secure bronze as India finish with seven medals at Archery World Cup Stage 2
Deepika Kumari (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI: Archer
Deepika Kumari
and
Parth Salunkhe
secured bronze medals, completing India's seven-medal haul at the
Archery World Cup Stage 2
on Sunday.
Deepika triumphed in the
bronze medal
contest against Korea's Kang Chaeyoung, an Olympic team gold medallist, with a 7-3 score. This achievement represented India's initial medal for the year in
women's recurve
and Deepika's 12th individual World Cup medal.
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She concluded with excellent final sets of 30 and 29 points to claim victory.
As the sole non-Korean competitor in the women's recurve semifinals, Deepika prevented a Korean clean sweep by securing bronze following her 1-7 defeat to Paris Olympic champion Lim Sihyeon in the semifinal.
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U21 world champion Parth Salunkhe earned his debut World Cup medal in
men's recurve
. He overcame Paris Olympic medallist Baptiste Addis from France 6-4 in a close bronze medal match.
Earlier, in his semifinal against South Korea's Kim Woo Jin, Parth recovered from a two-set deficit to equalise, but scored a 7 in the final shot, resulting in a 4-6 loss.
During the bronze contest, Parth entered the final set at 4-4 and demonstrated composure by scoring consecutive 10s to achieve victory. His success gave India consecutive medals in men's recurve, following Dhiraj's bronze at the Florida World Cup.
These recurve bronze medals contributed to India's overall Shanghai World Cup performance of seven medals: 2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze.
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