Star Indian archer, Deepika Kumari, regained her world number one position after securing a hat-trick of gold medals at the third stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Paris, France on Sunday, 27 June 2021.
Speaking in a statement on worldarchery.com, Kumari said: “This is the first time I’ve won all three medals in a World Cup I’m happy, but at the same time I have to continue my performance like this.
“I want to improve that, because the upcoming tournament is very, very important to us. I’m trying my best to continue learning, whatever I can.”
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
The next important competition on Kumari’s list is the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.
“It’s very important. Our country, in archery, it doesn’t have any Olympic medals. It’s very important to win Olympic medals, so it’s very important to me,” she concluded.
Photo 1 Caption: Star Indian archer, Deepika Kumari, regained her world number one position after securing a hat-trick of gold medals at the third stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Paris, France on Sunday, 27 June 2021. Photo: World Archery (Twitter)