The Indian archery team, returned home with three gold and four silver medals, including two gold in men's recurve and women's recurve team events, the third gold came in the men's compound individual section. The men's recurve team of Olympian Tarundeep Rai, Muni Ram Tirkey and Kapil took the gold beating Iran 217-211 in the final. Punya Prabha, Vardhineni Pranitha and Reena Kumari became the best in the women's recurve team final defeating Iran 198-194 in the final. Compound archer L. Haridas Singh earned India the third gold in individual event when he got the better of Hungary's Robert Bojti in the tie-breaker after the two tied 109-109 in the final.The men and women compound teams lost to Iran in the final to settle for two silver medals. The men's side lost 220-227, while the women went down 207-208. Tarundeep and Compound archer Sweety Kumari win silver for nation. while Tirkey and Sushma (both individual recurve) win the bronze medal. All other medals went to hosts Iran who emerged the best in the four-day tournament attended by six nations and 60 archers.
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