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Kumkum Mohod wins historic Asian Games recurve gold and secures LA 2028 quota

Hindustan Times1h
THE BRIEF
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Seventeen-year-old Kumkum Mohod won a historic individual recurve gold medal at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday, defeating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off.

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Making her Asian Games debut, Mohod defeated world and Olympic champion Kang Chaeyoung in the quarterfinals and world championship silver medallist Zhu Jingyi in the semifinal.

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The victory secured India a quota for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics in the women's individual recurve event, completing a three-medal campaign for Mohod.