India’s Ankita Bhakat secured a landmark victory by defeating Paris Olympics individual silver medallist Nam Su-hyeon of Korea 7-3 to capture the women’s recurve individual gold at the Asian Archery Championships here Friday.

Ankita took the lead in the opening set with a tally of 29-27. However, the Korean archer came back to draw the second set. Ankita, who had a 3-1 lead, lost the third set 26-28 as Nam levelled the score 3-3 in the summit clash.

The Indian archer made a strong return in the penultimate set as she shot double 10s to reclaim the lead 5-3. In the final and fifth set, Ankita came out all guns blazing and was at her best form as she shot double 10s before culminating the match with 9 to accumulate 29 and secured the gold medal with a score of 7-3.

In the semifinal clash,

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