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2015

World Cup Finals: Silver

The Times of India, October 27, 2015

It was heartbreak for DeepikaKumari who once again failed to win gold in the World Cup Finals. India's ace recurve archer went down 2-6 (28-28, 26-29, 27 29, 29-29) to Korea's Choi Misun in the final in Mexico City to settle for her fourth silver medal in five years at the World Cup Finals. In the final, sixth-seeded Deepika began well and the first set ended in a tie with both archers securing 28 points. Choi then opened up a sizeable lead as she won the next two sets by hitting 29 points each to go 5-1 up. Deepika managed 26 and 27 in those two sets.

In the final set, the 21-year old Indian split points (29-29) to lose 2-6. While both archers hit one bullseye each, Deepika could hit only four 10s compared to Choi's six. Deepika was tested by Japan's Kaori Kawanaka and Le Chien Ying of Chinese Taipei in thequarters and semis, respectively , before winning both contests by identical 6-4 margins. “I wish I had won gold here... It's something that doesn't seem to happen to me,“ the archer from Jamshedpur lamented after another missed chance. “My arrows went up. I tried to fix my sight but nothing worked,“Deepika said of on her performance in the final. Deepika, who did not qualify for the World Cup Finals in 2014, and made the cut in 2015 on the back of a bronze-medal winning show at World Cup Stage II, that gave her a total of 24 points, had finished runner-up at Finals held in Istanbul (2011), Tokyo (2012) and Paris (2013).