India's archers match Hangzhou haul with nine medals at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Kumkum Mohod stars with three

Key facts

• India's archery team won nine medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games — five gold, two silver and two bronze — matching their Hangzhou 2023 tally and ending Korea's dominance in the sport.
• Kumkum Mohod, 17, became India's first recurve champion in Asian Games history, beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off and securing an early quota spot for the 2028 LA Olympics.
• Kumkum won three medals: individual recurve gold, women's team gold, and mixed team silver.
• The recurve women's team of Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma defeated Korea 5-3 to win gold.
• The compound men's team of Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Thirumuru beat China 238-237 in the final for gold.
• The compound women's team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi beat Kazakhstan, Korea and China to win gold.
• India won compound mixed team gold, prevailing 20-19 in a shoot-off against Korea after a 157 tie.
• The recurve men's team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Sanjay Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan lost 1-5 to Korea for silver.
• The recurve mixed team of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod lost 5-3 to China for silver, India's first medal in the event.
• Ganesh Thirumuru won compound men's individual bronze, beating Vietnam's Dang Cong Duc 149-144.
• Neeraj Chauhan won recurve men's individual bronze, beating Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4, becoming only the second Indian male to win an Asian Games individual recurve medal after Tarundeep Rai's 2010 silver.