00:00And shifting our focus quickly now to the Asian Games that's underway.
00:04It is another gold medal for India where Indian women's recurve archery team wins a gold medal after securing victory
00:17over South Korea.
00:19It's a proud moment, another proud moment for the country with another gold for India at the Asian Games 2026.
00:27India women's team of Ankit Bhakat, Kumkum, Mohod and Kirti beat South Korea with a score of 5-3 in
00:37the recurve women's archery team final to clinch the historic gold medal.
00:42This is the first time India has ever clinched a recurve women's team gold in Asian Games.
00:49And with that, let us also tell you, this is the 11th gold medal for India in the Asian Games.
00:57Taking up the tally higher by another medal at this given point.
01:04It's a very happy news, another proud moment for the country.
01:07And we have Siddharth Mishranatham joining us on the broadcast with more details.
01:11Siddharth, a very good morning to you.
01:13It's another proud moment for the country.
01:15Take us through the details of this very victory and how it panned out.
01:19Well, it is a golden morning indeed, Shreya, because this is one of the biggest sporting achievements that we have
01:26ever achieved.
01:28South Korea in recurve archery is like what China is in table tennis.
01:33Absolutely dominant.
01:35Ten-time Olympic champions, always dominating the Asian Games circuit.
01:39And here, India have done the unthinkable by dumping South Korea out and winning a historic women's recurve archery gold
01:48for the very, very first time.
01:50Now, remember, it was a very close game indeed.
01:53We should have won the first set.
01:54We should have won the second set.
01:55But in both occasions, we managed to ensure that South Korea would come back and level the terms with us.
02:02But in the third game, we managed to ensure in the third set that South Korea stumbled, India managed to
02:10get the win.
02:11And then we held our nerve to secure one of the greatest victories that we have had.
02:15This is the victory in the Asian Games, Shreya.
02:18Let's make no mistake about it.
02:19Because beating South Korea in recurve archery is no mean feat.
02:23And the team of Ankita Bhagat and Kumkum Mahat were also part of India's team when we beat South Korea
02:31even in the World Cup.
02:33Right, Siddharth.
02:35Right, absolutely.
02:37It's a big, big achievement, definitely.
02:39And I'm sorry to interrupt you there, but we've completely run out of time.
02:43But definitely, we will follow up on this story with more detail.
