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Kumkum Mohod Stuns Kang Chaeyoung to Reach Asian Games Semifinals
Kumkum Mohod is a 17-year-old archer from India.
She faced Kang Chaeyoung, a highly decorated archer from South Korea.
Kang had scored the most points in the ranking round, so she was expected to be difficult to beat.
The two archers traded set wins during their match.
Mohod stayed calm and won the contest 6-4.
This sent her into the women’s recurve individual semifinals.
She had already helped India win team gold at the Games.
Her next opponent is China’s Jingyi Zhu.
Seventeen-year-old Kumkum Mohod beat South Korea’s Kang Chaeyoung 6-4 in the women’s recurve individual quarterfinal.
Kang was the ranking-round leader and a reigning world champion and Tokyo Olympic team gold medallist.
Mohod qualified 10th with 611 points, while Kang scored 630 to top the ranking round.
Mohod was part of India’s women’s recurve team that won gold at the Games.
Mohod will face China’s Jingyi Zhu, who defeated Chinese Taipei’s Li Tsai-Chi 6-0.
- Who
- India’s Kumkum Mohod and South Korea’s Kang Chaeyoung competed in the quarterfinal.
- What
- Mohod won 6-4 and advanced to the women’s recurve individual semifinals.
- Where
- Okazaki.
- When
- Saturday, during the Asian Games 2026 archery competition.
- Why
- The match was a women’s recurve individual quarterfinal; the winner advanced to the semifinals.
Key facts
- Match result
- Kumkum Mohod defeated Kang Chaeyoung 6-4.
- Mohod’s age
- 17
- Mohod’s ranking-round score
- 611 points; she qualified 10th.
- Kang’s ranking-round score
- 630 points; she topped the ranking round.
- Next opponent
- China’s Jingyi Zhu.
- Zhu’s quarterfinal result
- She defeated Chinese Taipei’s Li Tsai-Chi 6-0.
- Team achievement
- Mohod was part of India’s women’s recurve team gold-winning side.
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