Deepika Kumari was back to the top after claiming gold in three recurve events – women’s individual, team and mixed pair.
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Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari regained her number one slot in the global rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the stage 3 of world cup held in Paris. She achieved the top spot for the first time back in 2012, and now males it back to the top after claiming gold in three recurve events – women’s individual, team and mixed pair. “This is going to take Deepika to the number one spot in the world rankings on Monday!” read an official tweet by World Archery.
Three gold medals. ???
Three winning shots.Deepika Kumari is in the form of her life. ???#ArcheryWorldCup pic.twitter.com/bMdvvGRS6i
— World Archery (@worldarchery) June 27, 2021
Deepika combined with Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari for a comfortable win against Mexico. She then paired up with husband, Atanu Das, to win against Netherlands.
The 27 year-old from Ranchi then won against Elena Osipova by 6-0 to record a perfect win. Thus, she got her the fourth individual world cup gold medal.
Overall, she has nine gold, 12 silver and seven bronze medals in the World Cup.
“This is the first time I have won all three medals in a World Cup. I am just happy but at the same time, I have to continue improving as we have some very, very important competitions lined up,” Deepika told PTI.
Fans and celebrities took to Twitter to celebrate the incredible moment of victory achieved by the ace archer.
Business tycoon Anand Mahindra tweeted “Jai ho! I can’t wait to see Deepika slice the centre of the target in Tokyo and walk away with Gold again. This is a sport I hope to see Indian women achieve complete domination of in the next decade…”
Jai ho! I can’t wait to see Deepika slice the centre of the target in Tokyo and walk away with Gold again. This is a sport I hope to see Indian women achieve complete domination of in the next decade… https://t.co/BFRcsAem8Y
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 27, 2021
The Indian cricket team captain for the Sri Lanka tour Shikar Dhawan also congratulated the ace archer for her incredible achievement.
Congratulations #DeepikaKumari ? A proud moment and a remarkable achievement! Take a bow! pic.twitter.com/wDfcxgtF9m
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) June 28, 2021
Deepika will be representing India as the lone female archer in the Tokyo Olympics.
