Archery-India women stun field, Li leads China charge at Archery World Cup in Shanghai

India's women upset two of archery's leading ​powers in recurve and China's Li ​Mengqi delivered a breakthrough ‌performance on ​home soil as Stage 2 of the 2026 Archery World Cup wrapped up in Shanghai on Sunday. Deepika Kumari, ‌Ankita Bhakat and Kumkum Mohod defeated China's Zhu Jingyi, Huang Yuwei and Yu Qi 28-26 in a shoot-off after the final finished level at 4-4 following four sets, denying ‌China back-to-back women's recurve team titles after their Stage 1 victory in ‌Puebla.

The fourth-seeded Indian trio had earlier beaten 10-time Olympic champions South Korea 5-1 in the semi-finals, with the Koreans going on to take bronze. China's Li Mengqi capped a breakout performance on home soil ⁠by ​winning the men's individual ⁠recurve title in just his second World Cup appearance.

Li, who debuted on the circuit in Medellin ⁠in 2023, beat Matias Grande of Mexico, top seed Tang Chih-Chun of Taiwan and Olympic ​champion Kim Je Deok of South Korea on his way to the final, ⁠where he defeated Turkey's Mete Gazoz. He later partnered Huang Yuwei to win mixed team recurve gold ⁠for ​China, beating South Korea's Oh Ye-jin and Kim Woo-jin in the final. Germany's Michelle Kroppen and Leon Zemella took bronze.

In the compound mixed team event, that ⁠will make its Olympic debut at the LA28 Games, American pair Alexis Ruiz and ⁠James Lutz beat ⁠Turkey's Hazal Burun and Emircan Haney to win gold. Stage 3 of the World Cup will be held in Antalya, Turkey, ‌from June ‌9-14.

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