India finished with a rich medal haul at the Archery Asia Cup stage 1 underway in Bangkok on Wednesday with Muskan Kirar and Promila Daimary winning compound and recurve golds respectively. Along with Kirar and Daimary’s feats, Madhu Vedwan and Gaurav Trambak Lambe also made it to the podium with bronze medal wins in the women’s and the men’s recurve.
Kirar beat Malaysia’s Zakaria Nadhirah 139-136 in the final while Daimary stunned third seed, Russia’s Erdynieva Natalia 7-3 in the recurve final. Vedwan beat Mongolia’s Altangerel Enkhtuya 6-5 while Lambe got the better of Malaysia’s Kamaruddin Haziq to win bronze.
The 17-year-old’s dream run began with a comfortable win over Chinese Taipei’s Lo Chao-Wen 142-133 in the opening stage.
The fourth seed then managed to edge out Zhexenbinova Adel 145-142 in the last 16 stage before eliminating Indonesia’s Yurike Pereira 147-138 in the quarter-final. She then went onto down top seed 148-144 against Malaysia’s Mat Nurfatehah in a keenly-fought semi-final clash.
Among the other Indians in stage 1, Yashwi Upadhyay, second seed Divya Dhayal, and Hiwrale Mrinal Anil bowed out at the quarter-finals.