Asia Cup Archery: Deepika Kumari Returns To Winning Ways, Bags Two Gold In India's Haul Of 14 Medals

Former world number one archer Deepika Kumari returned to winning ways 14 months after embracing motherhood as she bagged two gold in India's rich haul of 14 medals at the Asia Cup Leg 1 in Baghdad on Sunday. (More Sports News)

Indian ar𓃲chers dominated the field on✃ the final day, winning all the seven finals. They also won three silver medals.

Overall, India ended wi♏th 10 gold medals, three silver and one bronze.

The three-time Olympian, Deepika defeated Simranjeet Kaur 6-2 to pockeꦐt the recurve wom☂en's title, her first title since June 2022.

She last won a medal in the World Cup ✤Stage 3 where she had bag🃏ged a team silver.

She helped the women's team overcome Uzbekistan 5-4 (24*-24) in a tight shoot-off finis♎h en route to her second gold.

Recurve men's team a🌺nd mixed team beat Bangladesh in one-sided finals for two more gold.

While the men's team won ꦐi🐈n straight sets 6-0, the mixed pair dropped on set to win 6-2.

Dhiraj Bommadevara clinched the men's title,🦄 defeating his ♊senior Army colleague Tarudeep Rai 7-3.

Prathamesh Jawkaꦕr claimed the compound individual title, pipping teammate Kushal Dalal 146-144.

Parneet Kaur prevailed over Fatemeh Hemmati of Iran𒈔 138-135 to secure the compound women's title.