At the Asian Games 2026, India’s women’s archery team has created history by defeating the South Korean team in the gold medal match of the recurve event, in which India has won its first gold medal in women’s team recurve archery. From the Indian side, the trio of Kumkum Mohad, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti participated in this event, in which all three players had a brilliant performance and they managed to defeat the 10-time Olympic medalist South Korea women’s archery team by a margin of 5-3 in the gold medal match.
The first two sets were tied
The Indian women’s archery team had confirmed its place by defeating the Chinese team in the gold medal match of the recurve event. After this, they faced the South Korean team, which is the best team in the world in this event. The match was not easy for Team India, but Kumkum, Kirti and Ankita kept their spirit intact and gave a tough fight to the South Korean team in the first two sets in which the match was a draw. While the first set ended in a tie with a score of 54-54, the second
Ended in a tie of 56-56.
Team India won the third set and took lead by 4-2.
The third set of this match proved to be decisive for the Indian team in which they took full advantage of the poor game of South Korea’s world champion trio Kang Cheong, Oh Yejin and Lee Eunji and defeated them in this set by a margin of 55-52 and took the lead in the match by a margin of 4-2. After which all eyes were on the fourth set of this match and in this the South Korean team scored 54 points, after which the Indian women’s recurve team had to either win the gold medal or This set had to end in a draw or win outright, in which the Indian team ended the set in a draw and won the match by a margin of 5-3. For the first time, the women’s team was successful in winning the gold medal in the recurve event.
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