Exhibiting a brilliant performance at Asian Games 2018, Bhopal’s archery player Muskan Kirar bagged a silver medal. She bagged medal in Women Archery Compound Team Event. This is the first time when a player has won silver medal in archery.
Muskan is the youngest archer player of Madhya Pradesh, who has won the silver medal in the Asian Games at the age of 18 and has brought laurels to the country. On the achievement gained by the Indian archery team in the Asian Games, the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Sports and Youth Welfare Minister of State Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated the participants of the Indian Archery Team Muskan Kirar, Madhumati Kumari and Jyothi Surekha.
The final match was played between Indian Team and Team of Republic of Korea. In the final match, the Indian team performed brilliantly with 228 points and won the silver medal. Republic of Korea finished first with 231 points.
In the first round India scored 59 points against 57 points. In the second round, Korea made an advantage by earning 58 points from 56 points. However, due to the spectacular performances of the Indian team, the match in the third round was tied at 58-58. In the fourth and final round, Korea's team scored 58 points against 55 and took the final match.
After this achievement, Minister of Sports Yashodhara Raje Scindia appreciated the magnificent performance of Muskan and expressed his happiness. She said that Muskan has created history by winning the medal. Scindia appreciated the performance of Indian team and congratulated the players for their brilliant performance.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare Sl Thoussen congratulated the Indian team. Muskan is being trained by Academy's Chief Coach and Technical Advisor, Richpal Singh. It is also worth mentioning here that Richpal Singh Salaria has been appointed as the coach of the Indian Archery team.