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Paris : Indias Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat during the Archery mixed team semifinal at the Paris Olympics 2024 Image Source: IANS
Dhiraj Bommadevara Becomes First Indian Man To Win Archery World Cup Final
Archery World Cup Final: Sixteen years after Jayanta Talukdar put India on the podium, Dhiraj Bommadevara finally gave the country another landmark moment in the men’s recurve division, holding his nerve in a shoot-off to become the first Indian male archer to win the Archery World Cup Final.
The 25-year-old Army archer, ranked world No. 10, prevailed over Japan’s Nakanishi Junya 6-5 in a final that went down to the wire in Saltillo. With the contest locked at 5-5 after five sets, Dhiraj produced a 10 in the shoot-off before Nakanishi managed a nine to seal the gold.
It was a breakthrough that had eluded Dhiraj in his two previous World Cup Final appearances. He had returned from the 2023 and 2024 editions without a medal, but this time navigated the knockout rounds with authority before finding himself in a tense title battle against world No. 20 Nakanishi.
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