India clinch 3 gold, 1 bronze

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Sulaymaniyah (Iraq), May 10: Indian archers were all on target, bagging three gold and a bronze to open their account at the Asia Cup Leg 2 here on Tuesday.
It began with Parneet Kaur, Aditi Swami and Saskhi Chaudhary clinching India’s first gold medal, defeating Kazakhstan 204-201.
The men’s team of Prathamesh Fuge, Rishabh Yadav and Jawkar Samadhan then followed it up with India’s second gold when it beat Bangladesh 224-218 in a lopsided final.
Samadhan also went on to bag his second medal when he overcame Sergey Khristich of Kazakhstan 147-145 in a tight bronze playoff.
India bagged a third gold in the compound mixed team event when Fuge and Parneet Kaur downed Kazakh duo of Adel Zhexenbinova and Khristich 158-151. (PTI)

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