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At Samsun 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final, Turkey

Recurve Women - Bronze Medal
Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Lisa Unruh (GER) 6-5 (28-25, 22-25, 30-28, 28-28, 28-29, Shoot-Off 9*-9)

[QF] Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Lei Chien-Ying 6-4 (30-28, 26-28, 27-27, 28-27, 26-26)
[SF] Deepika Kumari (IND) l Yasemin Anagoz (TUR) 7-3 (27-28, 28-28, 29-27, 26-27, 25-28)

Compound Men - Bronze Medal
Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Kim Jongho (KOR) 149-147

[QF] Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Braden Gellenthien (USA) 144-144, Shoot-off 10-9
[SF] Abhishek Verma (IND) l Demir Elmaagacli (TUR) 145-147

Compound Mixed Team Final
India (Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Abhishek Verma) l Turkey (Yesim Bostan, Demir Elmaagacli) 152-159

India won three medals in Archery World Cup Final ... Abhishek won a Bronze medals Compound Men individual event and a Silver with Jyothi Surekha Vennam in Compound Mixed event ... Deepika Kumari won a Bronze in Recurve Women individual event.

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At Archery World Cup Stage 3 - 2018, Salt Lake City, USA

P.C. to Deepika Kumari FB page

Recurve Women’s Gold medal match
(4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (19) Michelle Kroppen (GER) 7-3 (29-29, 30-27, 30-27, 28-29, 30-28)

[SF] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (8) Gabriela Bayardo (NED) 6-4 (27-28, 28-22, 23-26, 28-24, 27-23)
[QF] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Ana Maria Rendon (COL) 6-0 (28-26, 29-28, 28-27)
[R3] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Ren Hayakawa (JPN) 6-2 (27-28, 27-25, 28-26, 29-28)
[R2] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Erin Mickelberry (USA) 6-2 (25-25, 26-25, 26-26, 28-22)
[R1] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bye

Compound Men’s Gold medal match
(4) Abhishek Verma l (3) Stephan Hansen (DEN) 123-140

[SF] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt (8) Anton Bulaev (RUS) 150-146
[QF] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt (12) Pierre-Julien Deloche (FRA) 149-149 (SO 10*-10)
[R3] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Austin Taylor (CAN) 147-144
[R2] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Akbarali Karabayev (KAZ) 148-147
[R1] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bye

Compound Mixed Team Bronze medal match
(8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) bt (3) Jamie Van Natta (USA)/ Kris Schaff (USA) 140-147

[SF] (8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) l (4) Anton Bulaev (RUS)/ Natalia Avdeeva (RUS) 149-152
[QF] (8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) bt (1) Daniel Munoz (COL)/ Sara Lopez (COL) 155-151
[R1] (8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) bt Marcus Laube (GER)/ Janine Meissner (GER) 154-145

Four-time Archery World Cup Final silver medalist Deepika Kumari beat Michelle Kroppen of Germany, 7-3, to take recurve women’s gold at the Salt Lake City stage of the 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup and book a ticket to the circuit Final in Samsun ... Her last victory at a World Cup came six years ago, in Antalya back in 2012 ... With the gold in Salt Lake City, Deepika automatically qualifies for the 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Samsun, Turkey, which will be her seventh appearance at the season-ending event.

Abhishek Verma won the Silver in compound men's event ... He failed to adjust windy condition in the final and lost easily against Danish opponent.

Abhishek lifted Bronze medal also in the mixed team partnering Jyothi Vennam ... After beating top-seeds Colombian in the quarters our pair lost against Russians ... Buth they fought back for winning Bronze beating American pair.