Archery World Cup: Deepika Kumari completes golden hat-trick with win in individual event

Star archer Deepika Kumari led from the front and grabbed a hat-trick of gold medals as India made an unprecedented clean sweep at the World Cup Stage 3 on Sunday.

Paris: Star archer Deepika Kumari led the show with supreme authority to grab a hat-trick of gold medals as India made an unprecedented clean sweep at the World Cup Stage 3 here on Sunday for a perfect build-up to the Tokyo Olympics in less than a month's time. In the absence of the world number one Korea, the Indians faced little challenge to win the women's individual, team and mixed pair events with Deepika a constant in each of them, playing back-to-back four matches in less than five hours. Having secured Olympic qualifications, Korea, along with other Asian heavyweights like China and Chinese Taipei, skipped all the World Cups in the build up to the Tokyo Games.