Star Indian archers Deepika Kumari and Dhiraj Bommadevara were back to their best after missing out on the team berths, as India secured at least three individual medals in recurve events of the Asian Archery Championships here on Tuesday.
Top-ranked Indians Deepika and Dhiraj, who had failed to make the team events after finishing last among their compatriots in qualification round on the opening day, bounced back strongly when the individual eliminations got underway.
Deepika stunned Shanghai World Cup gold medallist Lee Gahyun of Korea 7-3 to storm into the women’s recurve semi-finals, where she will face compatriot
Ankita Bhakat.
Ankita, meanwhile, produced one of the biggest upsets of the day, toppling top seed and former world champion Jang Minhee of Korea 6-4.
Sangeeta too joined the party, defeating Iran’s Zare Reyhane 7-1 to enter the last-four, where she will meet Korea’s Nam Suhyeon.
In the men’s recurve section, Dhiraj made amends for his poor qualification round by defeating Uzbekistan’s Amirkhon Sadikov in a shoot-off, both shooting 10s before the Indian prevailed with an arrow closer to the centre after being locked 5-5 in four sets.
He will take on Korea’s Jang Chaehwan in the semi-final.
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