The Indian women’s team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari won the gold medal with a comfortable victory over Mexico in the Third Stage of the World Cup in Paris, France on Sunday.
With this victory, they ignored the disappointment of missing the Olympic qualification last week.
In a replay of the World Cup first round final, the world’s number three troika Deepika, Ankita and Komalika, who failed to qualify for Tokyo after a surprise loss to Colombia, defeated imaginary Mexico 5-1 without missing out. a single set.
This was the second consecutive gold medal at this year’s World Cup and the sixth overall (Shanghai-2011, Medellín-2013, Wroclaw-2013, Wroclaw-2014, Guatemala City-2o21). Deepika has always been a constant.
The trio, who had stuttered to win gold against the same opponents in Guatemala City two months ago, were in their prime, shooting four 10s with an X (closer to the center) for a score of 57-57 in the first set.
The impeccable kick of the Indians put pressure again on the London 2012 Mexico team, silver medalists Aida Román, Alejandra Valencia and Ana Vázquez. They shot a poor 52 to lose the second set by three points.
By winning 3-1, the Indians had another round of shots consistent with 55, but the Mexicans failed to equalize and lost the third set by weak point to suffer their second straight loss this year.
On Saturday, India won the gold medal for Abhishek Verma in the individual compound event. Abhishek Verma defeated Kris Schaff of the USA in an exciting draw. Verma made history by becoming the first man to win two World Cup gold medals in individual archery.
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