Indian recurve archers Deepika Kumari and Parth Salunkhe ended the 2025, Shanghai World Cup with bronze medals of their respective classes in Shanghai, China, on Sunday.
Deepika defeated Kang Chaeyoung of Korea within the bronze medal match whereas Parth defeated Baptiste Addis of France. This was India’s first medal of the 12 months within the ladies’s recurve class, whereas Parth confirmed India’s second consecutive medal in males’s recurve after Dhiraj’s bronze on the Florida World Cup final month.
twelfth Particular person WC Medal for Deepika Kumari
Veteran archer Deepika Kumari received her twelfth Particular person medal after a detailed end towards Kang, scoring two good closing units of good 30 and 29, respectively.
Deepika denied Korean group a clear sweep within the class with this bronze medal win over Kang.
“I didn’t count on something from me. My mission is totally different. That is essential for me as a result of there’s a totally different setting, a special feeling, slightly anxiousness, slightly happiness. I wish to obtain that [gold] in that place,” mentioned the Olympian archer to World Archery.
Earlier, she had a tricky loss (1-7) within the semi-final towards Paris Olympic champion Lim Sihyeon of South Korea, to overlook out on her fifth particular person World Cup title.
Parth wins maiden WC Medal
Present U21 World champion Parth Salunkhe received his maiden World Cup medal after defeating Paris Olympic medalist Baptiste within the bronze medal match.
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Parth had a poor begin to the day as he misplaced to the Paris Olympic champion Kin Woo Jin of South Korea. It was a decent semi-final as Parth made a comeback after dropping the primary two video games however couldn’t win the match and shot a 7 within the deciding set to lose 4-6.
He confronted the same state of affairs within the bronze medal match because the scores had been tied at 4-4 however this time he shot two consecutive 10s to clinch the bronze medal.
With these two medals within the recurve class, India ended the 2025 Shanghai World Cup with seven Medals – 2 Gold, 1 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals.
Indian medalists at Shanghai Archery World Cup
Gold – Madhura Dhamangaonkar – Ladies’s Particular person Compound; Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma, and Rishabh Yadav – Males’s compound group
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Silver – Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi, and Madhura Dhamangaonkar – Ladies’s compound group
Bronze – Abhishek Verma and Madhura Dhamangaonkar – Combined Crew Compound Bronze; Deepika Kumari – Ladies’s Particular person
Recurve Bronze ; Parth Salunkhe – Males’s Particular person Recurve Bronze ; Rishabh Yadav – Males’s Particular person Compound