The Indian archers finished second at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage -2 held at Shanghai, China, with two gold, one silver and four bronze medals.
They wrapped up behind South Korea who also won seven medals, but it topped the medal tally, winning five gold medals compared to India’s two.
India wrapped up their campaign at the Archery World Cup 2025 in Shanghai with a total of seven medals, including bronze medals for
Olympian Deepika Kumari and Parth Salunkhe secured bronze medal in the individual recurve events.
Deepika posted a 7-3 victory over South Korea’s Kang Chae-young — an Olympic gold medalist at Tokyo — in the bronze medal match. With this she secured her 37th World Cup medal, becoming one of the most successful Indian archers.
Parth Salunkhe, ranked 60th out of 64 archers, beat France’s Baptiste Addis 6-4 to win bronze in the men’s recurve event.
On the other hand, India’s recurve teams drew a blank. The mixed team of Deepika and Dhiraj Bommadevara, the men’s trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, and Dhiraj, and the women’s team of Deepika, Ankita Bhakat, and Anshika Kumari all fell short.
Indian archers produced their best performance in compound category, where the archers won five medals. Madhura Dhamangaonkar won gold in the women’s event, and the men’s team of Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma, and Rishabh Yadav also clinched gold.
The women’s compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Madhura, and Chikitha Taniparthi claimed silver, while the mixed pair of Abhishek and Madhura earned bronze. Rishabh also added another bronze in the men’s compound event.
The Indian contingent won four medals and finished fourth in the overall medal table at the first stage of the 2025 Archery World Cup, which was held in Auburndale, Florida, in the United States of America from 8 to 13 April 2025.
The next stage of the Archery World Cup will be held in Antalya, Turkey, from June 3 to 8. Then it will be in July, which is scheduled in Madrid, and the season-ending World Cup Final will be held in Nanjing, China, in October.
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Archery World Cup 2025 Shanghai: India medal winners
| Event | Medalist(s) | Medal |
| Women’s Individual Compound | Madhura Dhamangaonkar | Gold |
| Men’s Team Compound | Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma, Rishabh Yadav | Gold |
| Women’s Team Compound | Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Madhura Dhamangaonkar, Chikitha Taniparthi | Silver |
| Women’s Individual Recurve | Deepika Kumari | Bronze |
| Men’s Individual Recurve | Parth Salunkhe | Bronze |
| Mixed Team Compound | Abhishek Verma, Madhura Dhamangaonkar | Bronze |
| Men’s Individual Compound | Rishabh Yadav | Bronze |
Archery World Cup 2025 Shanghai: Final Medal Tally
| Positon | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
