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India’s sports fraternity hailed Deepika Kumari after the superstar athlete completed a hat-trick of gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris on Sunday after winning the women’s individual recurve event.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Deepika completed a hat-trick of gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage
  • Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik congratulated Deepika Kumari for her gold rush
  • A remarkable achievement: Shikhar Dhawan also congratulated Deepika Kumari

The Indian sporting fraternity led by Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik congratulated Deepika Kumari as the ace archer grabbed a hat-trick of gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris on Sunday. India’s gold rush began with the women’s recurve team of Deepika, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari notching up a comfortable win over Mexico.

Deepika and husband Atanu Das bounced back from a 0-2 deficit to down the Netherland’s Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser 5-3. Deepika then blanked 17th ranked Russian Elena Osipova 6-0 to cap a perfect three out of three in the recurve women’s section, her fourth individual World Cup gold medal.

“This is the first time I’ve won all three medals in a World Cup. I’m really happy but at the same time, I’ve to continue improving as we have some very, very important competitions lined up,” Deepika said.

Sachin took to Twitter to hail Deepika’s magnificent performance at the archery world cup and then wished her all the best for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

“Magnificent performance Deepika! You deserve all the success & recognition. Your performance at #ArcheryWorldCup in Paris is just a glimpse of what the world shall see at the @Olympics. Proud of your achievement & wishing you all the very best for the #TokyoOlympics,” Sachin Tendulkar tweeted.

Dinesh Karthik and Shikhar Dhawan also congratulated Deepika Kumari for winning hat-trick of gold medals and regaining the top spot in the archery world rankings.

“Congratulations to #DeepikaKumari for her incredible performances in the Archery World Cup and regaining the top spot in world rankings. All my respect to such an inspirational athlete for making us proud!,” Dinesh Karthik tweeted.

Former Indian cricketer and TMC leader Manoj Tiwari highlighted all her accomplishments, her individual recurve medal as well as the mixed team gold with her husband, Atanu Das.

“Congratulations @ImDeepikaK for winning gold in the women’s Individual recurve archery event, recurve archery mixed team event along with @ArcherAtanu & recurve archery women’s team event along with #KomolikaBari & #AnkitaBhakat, #ArcheryWorldCup #DeepikaKumari,” Tiwary tweeted

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