India, May 18 -- Deepika Kumari, India's most experienced female recurve archer, did not make the cut for this year's Asian Games after the selection trials for the continental event and the next two World Cup stages concluded at Sonipat on Monday.

Unheralded Kirti Sharma from Haryana topped the women's recurve section after the four-day trials at the SAI NCOE centre. She was followed by Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Deepika. While the top four are set to compete in the World Cup Stage 3 and 4 in June and July, only the top three earned the spots for the Asian Games to be held in Japan in September-October.

Paris Olympians Deepika and Ankita along with teenager Kumkum won the team gold at the World Cup Stage 2 in Shanghai last weekend...