Deepika Kumari wins first World Cup title
India's Deepika Kumari, won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal at Antalya, Turkey on Saturday. She beat Korea's Lee Sung Jin by six set points to four in the final.
India's Deepika Kumari, won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal at Antalya, Turkey on Saturday. She beat Korea's Lee Sung Jin by six set points to four in the final.
Deepika won the second set (29-27), third (27-26) and the fifth set (28-27) after losing the first (27-30) and the third (27-29).
Deepika is the current junior World champion and a gold medallist at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. She had also won the Cadet World Title in 2009.
Archery Association of India chief and Indian Olympic Association acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra congratulated Deepika on her win on Saturday.
"Beating a Korean in the final is a great achievement. It's another feather in her cap. I hope she does well at the Olympics," Malhotra said.