Indian archery’s star couple Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das led the show with two individual Gold medals as the country capped its best ever performance in a World Cup, claiming three Golds and a Bronze in the tournament’s first stage here.
Former world number one Deepika claimed her career’s third individual World Cup Gold to add to the team’s triumph, while her husband Das grabbed his first ever World Cup individual medal in style winning the men’s recurve individual final.
The two are now automatically qualified for this season’s most-coveted Archery World Cup Final.
“We travel together, train together, compete together and win together,” Das, who got married to Deepika in June last year after a two-year courtship, said after claiming the Gold medal on Sunday.
“She knows what I like, and I know what she likes.”
This was the best ever World Cup finish by India’s recurve archers with two individual and one team Gold medals in their return to the top International calendar year event after almost two years.