Priya gurjar

World Champion Dhiraj Bommadevara: India won gold medals in both men's compound and mixed team events and are set to dominate the recurve section at the Asia Cup 2024 archery stage-1 world ranking tournament in Baghdad, Iraq while the three individual finals in both recurve and compound sections will be all-Indian affairs.

The Indian men’s compound team, comprising Prathamesh Jawkar, Priyansh and Kushal Dalal, won the gold medal on Saturday, beating the Iranian team of Armin Pakzad, Arash Ghasemipour and Radrezvan Behnia 232-229 in the gold medal match.

India, the top seed, beat Iraq in the semi-finals earlier after receiving a bye in the quarter-finals. Bangladesh won the bronze medal in the event, defeating the hosts.