File picture of Deepika Kumari.© AFP
Indian archer Deepika Kumari added sixth World Cup Closing medal to her kitty with a silver within the Archery World Cup Closing after a 0-6 loss to China’s Li Jiaman within the remaining right here. The 2010 Commonwealth Video games champion had carried out strongly within the quarter and semi-finals as she thrashed Li’s Chinese language teammate Yang Xiaolei 6-0 earlier than knocking out eventual bronze medallist Alejandra Valencia 6-4 on her dwelling turf. “It is an honour to be a part of this World Cup, to win this World Cup. Now, I will work even tougher after that,” Deepika mentioned.
In the meantime, Li received the finale of archery’s premier worldwide circuit on her first try which options eight of the perfect archers from every occasion (compound and recurve) per gender who qualify both from profitable considered one of three World Cup levels within the yr or their world rating.
“The primary match was comparatively tense and the final two felt like a bit bit extra of a problem,” mentioned Li 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 perfect arrows out. I wasn’t considering an excessive amount of about profitable or dropping.”
The five-member Indian group together with three compound and two recurve archers concluded their marketing campaign with one medal within the season-ending event.
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