Archery: Deepika Kumari to play for Gold in World Cup stage -3 at Paris

In Paris, Archery recurve team finals are underway.  Indian  team comprising  Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur are playing against Chinese Taipei team comprising KUO Tzu Ying, LEI Chien-Ying and PENG Chia-Mao at the World Cup Stage-3 event. The Indian trio beat Ukraine, Britain and Turkey en route the summit clash, which  assured them of a medal at the event.

Third seeded Chinese Taipei team started their campaign with a 6-2 win over 19th seeded Bangladesh before beating sixth-seeded USA 5-1 in the quarterfinal followed by a 6-2 win over second-seeded Germany in the semifinal.

Earlier yesterday, Archers Jyothi Surekha Vennum and Abhishek Verma won the gold medal in compound mixed team event. Jyothi also clinched a silver in the individual event after a heartbreaking loss in the final to Great Britain's Ella Gibson in the shoot-off. In the compound mixed team final, the Indian duo beat France 152-149. Both Indian archers hit 9s to win country's first medal at the ongoing event. 

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