India Archer Deepika Kumari Settles For Silver In Archery World Cup Remaining

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India Archer Deepika Kumari Settles For Silver In Archery World Cup Remaining

File picture of Deepika Kumari.© AFP




Indian archer Deepika Kumari added sixth World Cup Remaining medal to her kitty with a silver within the Archery World Cup Remaining after a 0-6 loss to China’s Li Jiaman within the ultimate right here. The 2010 Commonwealth Video games champion had carried out strongly within the quarter and semi-finals as she thrashed Li’s Chinese language teammate Yang Xiaolei 6-0 earlier than knocking out eventual bronze medallist Alejandra Valencia 6-4 on her dwelling turf. “It is an honour to be a part of this World Cup, to win this World Cup. Now, I will work even tougher after that,” Deepika stated.

In the meantime, Li received the finale of archery’s premier worldwide circuit on her first try which options eight of the most effective archers from every occasion (compound and recurve) per gender who qualify both from profitable one in all three World Cup levels within the yr or their world rating.

“The primary match was comparatively tense and the final two felt like a bit bit extra of a problem,” stated Li on her variations in between matches. “I used to be nonetheless doing my greatest however I wasn’t as nervous as I used to be within the first match.

“I used to be simply making an attempt to get the most effective arrows out. I wasn’t considering an excessive amount of about profitable or shedding.”

The five-member Indian crew together with three compound and two recurve archers concluded their marketing campaign with one medal within the season-ending event.

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