Asian Games 2026: India beats 10-time champion Korea, wins historic women’s recurve team gold
India archers Kumkum Anil Mohod, Ankita Bhakat, and Kirti Sharma celebrate after winning the gold medal in the women’s recurve team event. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
India archers Kumkum Anil Mohod, Ankita Bhakat, and Kirti Sharma celebrate after winning the gold medal in the women’s recurve team event. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Kirti Sharma, Ankita Bhakat, and Kumkum Anil Mohod thrived in the testing conditions of Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square to help India win a historic gold medal by a 5-3 scoreline in the women’s recurve team final at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.
This is the first time since the inaugural edition of the continental event that the Koreans have been beaten in a final.
In the first game, just when a 7 from Kirti off the penultimate arrow threatened to hand Korea a 2-0 lead, Kumkum’s inner-10 eventually saw India force a tie.
The 17-year-old came to the rescue once again in the second set as Kirti shot two eights. With a 10 required off the last attempt to pull back one point, Kumkum found the bullseye.
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A change of order worked for the Indians in the third set as Kirti launched the opening arrow for a 10. With a total score of 55 from the set, India took two points from the 10-time champion.
First-seed Korea, requiring a tie in the final set to force the match into a shoot-off, established a three-point lead after the first rotation. After Kirti’s 8* was revised to 9 post the series, the Udham Singh-coached India pocketed the much-needed point.
Earlier, the Indian trio beat eventual bronze medallist China 5-1 in the semifinal with Kumkum and Kirti dropping only five points over the course of three games.
Published on Oct 02, 2026
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