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Deepika Kumari bags her fifth silver at Archery World Cup Final; Dhiraj Bommadevara falls early

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Deepika Kumari bags her fifth silver at Archery World Cup Final; Dhiraj Bommadevara falls early

It was Deepika Kumari’s ninth appearance at the World Cup Final where she has also bagged a bronze.

India’s premier recurve archer Deepika Kumari won her fifth silver medal at the World Cup Final after losing the summit clash 0-6 to China’s Li Jiaman, here.

Returning to the World Cup Final after three years following the birth of her daughter in December 2022, four-time Olympian Deepika was seeded third in the eight-archer field.

She had a smooth run through the semifinals but probably the pressure of gold medal match got to her against fourth-seed Li Jiaman, a team silver medalist from the Paris Olympics.

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It was Deepika’s ninth appearance at the World Cup Final where she has also bagged a bronze.

Dola Banerjee is the only Indian archer to have won a gold in the World Cup Final, having topped the podium in Dubai 2007.

In the men’s recurve section, Dhiraj Bommadevara, despite leading 4-2, could not hold off the challenge from South Korea’s Paris Olympics bronze medallist, Lee Woo Seok in the opening round and made an early exit .

The pressure once again seemed to affect the Indian archers, who have often struggled in high-stakes matches.

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The five-member Indian contingent, comprising three compound and two recurve archers, thus concluded their season-ending World Cup Final campaign with just one medal.

After a stellar semifinal win against Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia, Deepika couldn’t maintain momentum.

She dropped the first set by a single point (26-27). Despite improving in the second set, Li’s flawless 30, including an X-ring shot, gave the Chinese archer a commanding a 2-0 lead (30-28).

The third set proved decisive as Deepika’s second arrow landed in the red 7-ring, allowing Li to claim victory with three solid 9s, taking the set 27-25 and sealing the gold on her debut World Cup Final appearance.

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In the semifinals, Deepika triumphed over home favourite and Paris Olympics bronze medalist Valencia, edging her out 6-4 (29-28, 26-26, 26-29, 28-28, 28-27). It also avenged Deepika’s bronze medal loss to Valencia from the Yecheon World Cup earlier this year.

Deepika’s campaign had begun with a dominant 6-0 victory over China’s Yang Xiaolei (27-23, 29-22, 29-27).

In the men’s recurve, third-seeded Dhiraj was India’s sole qualifier.

Facing second seed Lee Woo Seok, Dhiraj started strongly, drawing the first set and winning the second.

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However, he missed the opportunity to close out the match in the third by just one point with the South Korean drawing level before delivering flawless performances in the fourth and fifth sets.

Dhiraj eventually lost 4-6 (28-28, 29-26, 28-28, 26-30, 28-29).

On the compound side, the three-member Indian contingent returned empty-handed ending their campaign on Saturday.

Prathamesh Fuge finished fourth after a tense semifinal loss, while Priyansh and Jyothi Surekha Vennam failed to reach the medal rounds.

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Singham Again worldwide box office day 5: Ajay Devgn film leaves behind Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, crosses ₹ 230 crore

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Singham Again worldwide box office collection day 5: Rohit Shetty’s cop universe film has taken a clear lead globally. Both films released on November 1.

Singham Again worldwide box office collection day 5: Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again, starring Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles, has been performing well globally. Released in November 1, the latest installment in the cop universe has collected more than ₹230 crore gross worldwide, despite facing stiff competition from the other big Diwali release, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. (Also read: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 worldwide box office collection day 5: Kartik Aaryan film sails past ₹200 crore after strong Tuesday)

Singham Again worldwide box office update

The latest report on Sacnilk.com states that the film has collected ₹ 232.25 crore so far. On its fifth day, Singham Again minted ₹ 48 crore to its global collections. The film has made a gross collection of ₹ 184.25 crore in India so far.

Meanwhile, the report also stated that Singham Again collected ₹ 153.75 crore at the domestic box office within five days of release.

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Singham Again is the third instalment in the Singham franchise, which began with the 2011 hit.It is also part of Rohit Shetty’s larger Cop Universe, which also includes Simmba and Sooryavanshi, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar. Salman Khan makes a cameo as Chulbul Pandey, his iconic character from Dabangg, in the film. It introduces new cops in the mix with Deepika Padukone’s Shakti Shetty and Tiger Shroff’s Satya Bali. Arjun plays the antagonist called Danger Lanka.

Rohit Shetty took to his Instagram on Tuesday to thank the audience for the bumper response to Singham Again. He wrote, “SINGHAM AGAIN my 10th and fastest 100 cr film. For the past 16 films one thing that has remained constant is your love, thank you for all the support and love, humbled.”

Singham Again maintained its lead over Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, which has taken its worldwide total to ₹208 crore in five days of release. Singham Again benefitted because it got the better share of screens in India, with 60 percent average. The rest of the 40 percent were taken by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.

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