Deepika Kumari (Photo Credit: Twitter)
She would be the solely Indian lady archer representing the nation at the Tokyo Olympics subsequent month.
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- Last Updated:June 28, 2021, 12:23 IST
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Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the primary place in international rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3 right here. The 27-year-old from Ranchi, who had achieved the highest spot for the primary time in 2012, on Sunday claimed gold medals in three recurve occasions — girls’s particular person, group and combined pair.
“This goes to take Deepika to the primary spot on the earth rankings on Monday,” World Archery had tweeted on its official handle after Deepika’s gold rush. Deepika first combined with Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari to notch up the women’s recurve team gold with a comfortable win over Mexico.
Overall, she has nine gold, 12 silver and seven bronze medals in the World Cup. “This is the first time I’ve won all three medals in a World Cup. I’m really happy but at the same time, I’ve to continue improving as we have some very, very important competitions lined up,” Deepika had advised PTI.
Deepika had change into solely the second Indian lady after Dola Banerjee to seize the numero uno spot in June 2012 after claiming her first particular person recurve World Cup gold medal at Antalya, Turkey.
She would be the solely Indian lady archer representing the nation at the Tokyo Olympics subsequent month.
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