Deepika Kumari reclaims world No 1 ranking after hat-trick of gold medals at Archery World Cup Stage 3

Paris: Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the number one position in global rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3. The 27-year-old from Ranchi, who had achieved the top spot for the first time in 2012, on Sunday claimed gold medals in three recurve events — women’s individual, team and mixed pair. “This is going to take Deepika to the number one spot in the world rankings on Monday,” World Archery had tweeted on its official handle after Deepika’s gold rush.

This is going to take Deepika to the number one spot in the world rankings on Monday!

🥇 🇮🇳 Deepika Kumari
🥈 🇷🇺 Elena Osipova
🥉 🇺🇸 Mackenzie Brown#ArcheryWorldCup pic.twitter.com/6yizeEndyo

— World Archery (@worldarchery) June 27, 2021

Deepika first combined with Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari to notch up the women’s recurve team gold with a comfortable win over Mexico. She then paired up with husband Atanu Das and the couple from a 0-2 deficit to down the Netherland’s Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser 5-3 for the gold medal. The Ranchi archer then blanked 17th ranked Russian Elena Osipova 6-0 to cap a perfect three out of three in the recurve women’s section, her fourth individual World Cup gold medal. Overall, she has nine gold, 12 silver and seven bronze medals in the World Cup. “This is the first time I’ve won all three medals in a World Cup. I’m really happy but at the same time, I’ve to continue improving as we have some very, very important competitions lined up,” Deepika had told