Deepika secured two golds on return to international competition at Asia Cup Stage-1

Deepika Kumari returned to international competition by securing two gold medals as Indian archers made a clean sweep of titles on the final day of the Asia Cup Stage-1 in Baghdad on Sunday.

Deepika defeated compatriot Simranjeet Kaur 6-2 in the women’s individual final and was part of the Indian team that claimed the team gold.

B.Dhiraj beat Tarundeep Rai 7-3 in the men’s title clash.

Indian recurve archers bagged all five gold medals while the country’s compound archers secured both the individual crowns in a depleted field. Three of the four individual finals were all-Indian affairs.

The results (Finals):

Recurve: Individual: Men: B. Dhiraj bt Tarundeep Rai 7-3 [28-27, 29-28, 28-28, 25-26, 30-25]; Women: Deepika Kumari bt Simranjeet Kaur 6-2 [24-26, 27-26, 29-27, 29-24]; Team: Men: India (B. Dhiraj, Pravin Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai) bt Bangladesh (Abdur Rahman Alif, Mohd. Sagor Islam, Mohd. Hakim Ahmed Rubel) 6-2 [54-55, 55-49, 57-53, 56-53]; Women: India (Simranjeet Kaur, Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari) bt Uzbekistan (Ziyodakhon Abdusattorova, Nilufar Hamroeva, Jasmina Nurmanov) 5-4 [55-49, 46-52, 50-52, 55-49, T-24*-24 (shot closer to centre)]; Mixed: India (Simranjeet Kaur, B. Dhiraj) bt Bangladesh (Diya Siddique, Mohd. Sagor Islam) 6-0 [37-32, 38-35, 37-32].

Compound: Individual: Men: Prathamesh Jawkar bt Kushal Dalal 146-144; Women: Parneet Kaur bt Fatemeh Hemmati (Iri) 138-135.