India Beat Olympic Champ South Korea for Mixed Team Gold in Antalya

India beat Olympic champions South Korea 5-1 in the recurve mixed team final at Antalya World Cup Stage 3 on Sunday — and yeah, that's a genuine upset. Set scores of 37-36, 37-36, and 39-39 tell you everything: razor-thin margins the whole way. But Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod held steady when it mattered. Dhiraj closed it out with back-to-back 10s on his final arrows. That's how you finish a final.

First World Cup gold in the mixed team event for both of them. Dhiraj sits as India's top-ranked recurve archer right now and was still alive in the individual medal hunt after the final wrapped. Kumkum is 17 — just 17 — and already has a women's team gold from Shanghai World Cup Stage 2 this season. She said she shot better in Antalya than she did there, and credited that Shanghai win with building her confidence heading in. Hard to argue with results like these.

India's last recurve mixed team gold at a World Cup stage? Also Antalya, back in 2022, when Ridhi Phor and Tarundeep Rai edged Great Britain in a shoot-off. That's two stage golds in this event, both in the same city. Antalya, clearly, suits them just fine.