New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Friday congratulated India's recurve archers and boxer Lovlina Borgohain for their historic Asian Games medals.

To start off the day, India produced a stunning upset in women's recurve archery as Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma defeated South Korea 5-3 in the gold medal match on Friday to claim the country's first-ever medal in the discipline at the continental showpiece. In mixed archery, Kumkum and Dhiraj Bommadevara settled for silver in the mixed recurve archery team event after losing 3-5 to China's Zhu Jingyi and Li Mengqi in the gold-medal match. Lovlina also celebrated her 29th birthday in style as she defeated China's Bao Ziyi 5-0 in the women's 75kg final to win the ...