It was gold rush for Indian archers on the World Cup Stage 3 right here on Sunday with star couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari clinching the combined crew prime honours after the ladies’s recurve trio’s victory in a close to excellent Olympic build-up. Deepika and Atanu bounced again from a 0-2 deficit to down the Netherland’s Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser 5-3 and fetch India a 3rd gold medal from the competitors. This was after the women’s recurve team of Deepika, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari notched up the gold medal with a snug win over Mexico, shrugging off the frustration of lacking Olympic qualification final week.
“It feels wonderful. First time we’re enjoying collectively (within the remaining) and received collectively, really feel so blissful,” Atanu stated after their win.
The 2 acquired married after a two-year courtship and could be celebrating their first wedding ceremony anniversary on June 30.
“It feels we’re made for one another. However within the floor we’re not couple however like simply different opponents, we encourage, help and again one another,” Atanu stated.
Deepika, who had earlier spearheaded the ladies’s crew to a second successive World Cup gold medal this 12 months, stated: “It feels blissful.”
She can be taking pictures for a hat-trick of gold later within the day. India to this point have received three gold medals with compound archer Abhishek Verma opening the tally profitable the person occasion on Saturday.
Earlier within the day, in a repeat of the World Cup first stage remaining, the troika of world quantity three Deepika, Ankita and Komalika defeated fancied Mexico 5-1 with out dropping a set.
This was their second successive gold medal within the World Cup this 12 months, and sixth general (Shanghai-2011, Medellin-2013, Wroclaw-2013, Wroclaw-2014, Guatemala Metropolis-2o21).
Deepika was a relentless every time. The trio, which had stuttered to win the gold in opposition to the identical opponents in Guatemala Metropolis two months again, was at its finest, taking pictures 4 10s with one X (closest to the centre) for a 57-57 rating within the first set.
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The Indians’ flawless taking pictures put strain again on the Mexican crew of London 2012 silver-medallist Aida Roman, Alejandra Valencia and Ana Vazquez.
They shot a poor 52 to lose the second set by three factors. Main 3-1, the Indians had one other spherical of constant taking pictures with a 55 however the Mexicans didn’t equalise and misplaced the third set by a slender one level to undergo a second successive defeat this 12 months.
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