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Akash Malik, an ace Indian archer who won a silver medal at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, has won the Men’s Recurve Team gold at the Asia Cup Archery Stage 3 in Dubai.
Parth Salunkhe and Mrinal Chauhan were also on the team that defeated South Korea in the final.
The final was a close one, with India and Korea tied at 4 points each in the regular game, forcing a shoot-out.
The Indian archers defeated Korea by one point in the shoot-off round to win the gold medal. Korea won the shoot-off with a score of 26 to India’s 27.
In the individual event, Akash Malik went down fighting in the quarterfinals.
Talking about his performance in Dubai, Akash said,”I am very happy that we won gold at the team event. Parth, Mrinal, and I performed really well. We played together as a team and to our strengths which is the reason, we won gold. This win will surely motivate us and help us reach newer heights and make India proud.”
India dominated the competition, which took place between December 20 and 25, winning five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals.
Pragati won gold, Aditi Gopichand Swami took silver, and Parneet Kaur took bronze in the women’s individual compound event.
The Indian team of Pragati, Aditi Gopichand Swami, and Aishwarya Sharma won gold in the Women’s Team Compound.
The other Indian winners were:
Men’s team compound: Priyansh, Ojas Pravin Deotale, Manav Ganeshrao Jadhao – gold; Men’s individual compound: Priyansh – gold; Ojas Pravin Deotale – silver; Mixed team recurve: Parth Sushant Salunke, Tisha Punia – silver; Men’s individual recurve: Parth Sushant Salunke – bronze.
Source:OCN
