SARAVANA RAMESH
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Powered by Deepika Kumari`s gold and bronze medal performances on the concluding day, India finished fourth in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia.
The world number three recurve archer Deepika shot four perfect 10s in windy conditions to lead India to a 201-186 thrashing of China for the team gold medal yesterday.
It was India`s first World Cup team gold since Shanghai 2011.
Later, Deepika paired up with Atanu Das to win the mixed team bronze with an 18-point margin (150-132) against the Mexicans.
India thus finished fourth with one gold and two bronze as the US topped the standings with nine medals (2-5-2), while China (2-1-2) and Colombia (1-1-0) were second and third respectively.
Top-seeded China comprising London Olympics team silver medallists Xu Jing, Cheng Ming and Cui Yuanyuan, an individual winner in Antalya, were the favourites with a 7-4 head-to-head track record.
But China had a disastrous first end with Ming missing the target completely and failing to register a score while Jing and Yuanyuan came up with 6 and 5.
The world number three recurve archer Deepika shot four perfect 10s in windy conditions to lead India to a 201-186 thrashing of China for the team gold medal yesterday.
It was India`s first World Cup team gold since Shanghai 2011.
Later, Deepika paired up with Atanu Das to win the mixed team bronze with an 18-point margin (150-132) against the Mexicans.
India thus finished fourth with one gold and two bronze as the US topped the standings with nine medals (2-5-2), while China (2-1-2) and Colombia (1-1-0) were second and third respectively.
Top-seeded China comprising London Olympics team silver medallists Xu Jing, Cheng Ming and Cui Yuanyuan, an individual winner in Antalya, were the favourites with a 7-4 head-to-head track record.
But China had a disastrous first end with Ming missing the target completely and failing to register a score while Jing and Yuanyuan came up with 6 and 5.
