India’s premier recurve archer Deepika Kumari gained her fifth silver medal on the World Cup Last after shedding the summit conflict 0-6 to China’s Li Jiaman, right here.
Returning to the World Cup Last after three years following the start of her daughter in December 2022, four-time Olympian Deepika was seeded third within the eight-archer discipline.
She had a clean run by the semifinals however most likely the stress of gold medal match obtained to her in opposition to fourth-seed Li Jiaman, a staff silver medalist from the Paris Olympics.
It was Deepika’s ninth look on the World Cup Last the place she has additionally bagged a bronze.
Dola Banerjee is the one Indian archer to have gained a gold within the World Cup Last, having topped the rostrum in Dubai 2007.
Within the males’s recurve part, Dhiraj Bommadevara, regardless of main 4-2, couldn’t maintain off the problem from South Korea’s Paris Olympics bronze medallist, Lee Woo Seok within the opening spherical and made an early exit .
The stress as soon as once more appeared to have an effect on the Indian archers, who’ve typically struggled in high-stakes matches.
The five-member Indian contingent, comprising three compound and two recurve archers, thus concluded their season-ending World Cup Last marketing campaign with only one medal.
After a stellar semifinal win in opposition to Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia, Deepika couldn’t keep momentum.
She dropped the primary set by a single level (26-27). Regardless of enhancing within the second set, Li’s flawless 30, together with an X-ring shot, gave the Chinese language archer a commanding a 2-0 lead (30-28).
The third set proved decisive as Deepika’s second arrow landed within the pink 7-ring, permitting Li to assert victory with three strong 9s, taking the set 27-25 and sealing the gold on her debut World Cup Last look.
Within the semifinals, Deepika triumphed over dwelling favorite and Paris Olympics bronze medalist Valencia, edging her out 6-4 (29-28, 26-26, 26-29, 28-28, 28-27). It additionally avenged Deepika’s bronze medal loss to Valencia from the Yecheon World Cup earlier this 12 months.
Deepika’s marketing campaign had begun with a dominant 6-0 victory over China’s Yang Xiaolei (27-23, 29-22, 29-27).
Within the males’s recurve, third-seeded Dhiraj was India’s sole qualifier.
Dealing with second seed Lee Woo Seok, Dhiraj began strongly, drawing the primary set and profitable the second.
Nonetheless, he missed the chance to shut out the match within the third by only one level with the South Korean drawing degree earlier than delivering flawless performances within the fourth and fifth units.
Dhiraj finally misplaced 4-6 (28-28, 29-26, 28-28, 26-30, 28-29).
On the compound facet, the three-member Indian contingent returned empty-handed ending their marketing campaign on Saturday.
Prathamesh Fuge completed fourth after a tense semifinal loss, whereas Priyansh and Jyothi Surekha Vennam failed to succeed in the medal rounds.