Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Dhiraj Bommadevara Wins World Cup Gold in Recurve Archery
Dhiraj Bommadevara is an Indian recurve archer.
He competed against a Japanese archer named Junya.
The match was very close.
Dhiraj scored 29 points in the third set to make the score 3-3.
Junya then shot a perfect three-arrow fourth set and moved ahead 5-3.
Dhiraj stayed calm in the fifth set and scored 28.
Junya scored 27, so the match went to a shoot-off at 5-5.
Dhiraj won the gold medal and made history for Indian men’s recurve archery.
Dhiraj Bommadevara became the first Indian male recurve archer to win World Cup gold.
The Japanese archer took a 5-3 lead after producing a perfect three-arrow fourth set.
Bommadevara responded with 29 points in the third set to level the contest at 3-3.
He scored 28 in the fifth set, while Junya managed 27, forcing a shoot-off at 5-5.
Bommadevara ultimately won the World Cup final and secured the gold medal.
- Who
- Dhiraj Bommadevara and Japanese archer Junya competed in the final.
- What
- Bommadevara won World Cup gold in men’s recurve archery.
- When
- The date is not specified in the provided report.
- Where
- The competition location is not specified in the provided report.
- Why
- Bommadevara won after the final was tied 5-5 and decided by a shoot-off.
- Winner
- Dhiraj Bommadevara
- Achievement
- First Indian male recurve archer to win World Cup gold
- Opponent
- Junya, a Japanese archer
- Third-set score
- Bommadevara scored 29 points, making the match 3-3
- Fourth-set score
- Junya produced a perfect three-arrow set and led 5-3
- Fifth-set score
- Bommadevara scored 28 and Junya scored 27
- Deciding stage
- The match went to a shoot-off at 5-5