Punjab, Oct. 2 -- India's women's recurve archery team beat South Korea 5-3 to win the country's first ever Asian Games medal in the discipline - and they made it a gold. A 17-year-old shot the two tens that settled it.
The final
Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma held together in windy conditions against the defending champions. Kumkum, 17, delivered two 10s in the closing stages.
India had beaten China 5-1 in the semi-final to get there.
Why beating Korea in recurve is the hard thing
South Korea has owned women's recurve archery for four decades. Olympic team gold in that event went to Korea at every Games from 1988 to 2016, and the depth behind their first three is better than most countries' first three.
India has been c...