Indian archer Deepika Kumari gained her sixth World Cup Last medal on Sunday evening. Kumari gained the silver medal within the Archery World Cup ultimate with a 0-6 loss in opposition to Chinese language Li Jiaman within the ultimate in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
Within the semis, Kumari edged out Tokyo Olympics combined crew bronze medalist and Paris Olympics ladies’s crew bronze medallist Alejandra Valencia of Mexico 6-4. Kumari had scored a 6-0 win over Chinese language Yang Xiaolei within the quarters.
By the way, each the Koreans together with Paris Olympics particular person champion in addition to combined crew and ladies’s crew champion Lim Sihyeon and ladies’s crew gold medallist Jeon Hunyoung did not enter the ultimate. Sihyeon suffered a 4-6 loss in opposition to Valencia within the quarters whereas Hunyoung suffered a 2-6 loss in opposition to Valencia within the bronze medal match. Kumari had earlier gained 4 silver and one bronze in World Cup Last in her profession.
In the meantime, Li gained the World Cup ultimate on her first try, a match which options the highest eight archers within the season in rivalry.
“The primary match was comparatively tense and the final two felt like a bit bit extra of a problem,” Li advised World Archery on her variations in between matches. “I used to be nonetheless doing my finest however I wasn’t as nervous as I used to be within the first match.
“I used to be simply attempting to get the very best arrows out. I wasn’t considering an excessive amount of about successful or shedding.”