Nagoya, Oct. 2 -- The women's recurve team's stunning win over 10-time Olympic champions South Korea for a historic gold headlined a highly productive day for India in the Asian Games archery competition where the men's recurve and mixed recurve squads signed off with commendable silver medals.

The strong recurve performance comes after the compound archers completed a golden sweep in all the team competitions.

India have so far secured seven medals, including four gold, two silver and a bronze, in the archery event here.

The first medal of the day for the Indian contingent came via the women's recurve trio of Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and 17-year-old Kumkum Mohod, who held their nerve in challenging windy conditions to outshoot the defending champions 5-3 (54-54, 56-56, 55-51, 54-54) and script a memorable triumph.

Kumkum then returned to the range with Dhiraj Bommadevara and combined for a silver medal in the mixed recurve team event, with the Indian duo going down 3-5 (34-38, 35-37, 37-36, 37-37) to China in the final.

The day ended with the men's recurve combination of

Bommadevara, Sanjay Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan settling for a silver following a 1-5 loss (56-56, 50-57, 54-56) to Korea.

The women's triumph capped an upward curve for the Indian recurve team, which had ended a five-year wait for a World Cup gold in Shanghai in May by defeating Korea in the semifinals en route to the title.

It was largely the same combination that that competed here, with Kirti replacing former world number one Deepika Kumari, who failed to qualify for the Asian Games through the selection trials.

"We are feeling really good right now, winning gold.

This medal is not only for us but our country too, which makes it even sweeter," Kirti said.

"Going into the final we were aware that we would have to perform at our very best,

we were not talking about it's China, or Korea, or anything like that, we were just focusing on our aim, what we have to do. And we have done that so we are very happy."

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