Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, Indian women's recurve team clinch gold

PARIS: It was gold rush for Indian archers at the World Cup Stage 3 here on Sunday with star couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari clinching the mixed team top honours after the women's recurve trio's victory in a near perfect Olympic build-up.

Das and Deepika combined well to score a 5-3 win over the Netherlands to win India's second gold medal of the day. The Netherlands settled for silver.

In the semis, Indian team beat Spain 5-3 and their victim in the quarterfinals was the USA team who they handed a 6-0 defeat.

India also won a gold medal in the recurve women's team event. The team, comprising Deepika, Komalika Bari and Ankita Bhakat, defeated Mexico 5-1 to clinch gold.

On their way to the final, India beat France 6-2 in the semi-finals and blanked Turkey 6-0 in the quarterfinals. IANS

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