Deepika Kumari’s 18th medal, Parth Sulankhe’s maiden bronze for India

Nagpur:Parth Salunkhe and Deepika Kumari gave recurve archers a purpose to cheer when the Satara teenager and seasoned campaigner clinched bronze medals as India concluded the Shanghai World Cup Stage 2 with their heads held excessive on Sunday.Whereas Deepika secured her 18th particular person World Cup medal, 21-year-old Parth pocketed his maiden bronze. Regardless of the Korean archers dominating the recurve occasion by profitable all 5 gold medals, the Indian contingent in Shanghai loved a profitable marketing campaign with a seven-medal haul, largely resulting from their compound workforce’s achievements.India’s ultimate day started disappointingly when Deepika Kumari misplaced to Korea’s 21-year-old Olympic champion Lim Sihyeon 1-7 within the girls’s recurve particular person semifinal.Regardless of dropping tamely, India’s four-time Olympian Deepika maintained composure and regained type within the bronze playoff towards Korea’s Kang Chaeyoung. The 30-year-old Deepika secured a 7-3 victory over former world champion Kang, incomes her 18th particular person World Cup podium end.Within the males’s particular person semifinals, there was a nervous begin for the Satara teenager Parth Salunkhe. Going through Korean top-seeded star and defending Olympic champion Kim Woojin, the 21-year-old and 152nd-ranked Parth took time to settle into his groove. After a poor begin the place Parth misplaced the 2 opening units 26-27 and 28-30, the Satara boy regained his momentum to win the third set 28-27, bringing the lead all the way down to 2-4. Parth shocked the a number of Olympic medallist to seal the fourth set 29-28 and produce parity within the semifinal at 4-4. Within the fifth and ultimate set, Parth failed to keep up his cool and misplaced 25-28, happening preventing 4-6.Parth appeared composed within the bronze medal match the place he prevailed over Baptiste Addis of France 6-4. After profitable the primary set 30-28, Parth and Addis had a tie at 28-28 and 25-25 within the second and third units respectively. The upper-ranked Frenchman gained the fourth set 30-27 to degree the scores. Within the fifth and deciding set, Parth shot two 10s to get the higher of Addis 29-28, bagging his maiden bronze medal.