Former world number one Deepika Kumari shot a perfect 10 in the final arrow as India scripted a stunning turnaround to defeat Mexico and win the gold medal in the recurve women's archery World Cup Stage 1 here on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the mixed pair duo of Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat bagged a mixed pair bronze, upsetting top seed USA 6-2 with yet another fightback at Los Arcos here on the day.
Returning to the World Cup after almost two years, the Indian team, who are yet to clinch an Olympic team quota, trailed 2-4 after the third set. But the trio of Deepika, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari showed composure to bounce back in the fourth set before clinching the issue 5-4 (27-26) in the shoot-off en-route to their first women's recurve team gold since 2014.
Returning to the World Cup after almost two years, the Indian team, who are yet to clinch an Olympic team quota, trailed 2-4 after the third set. But the trio of Deepika, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari showed composure to bounce back in the fourth set before clinching the issue 5-4 (27-26) in the shoot-off en-route to their first women's recurve team gold since 2014.
In the shoot-off, Ankita started off with a nine, while the 19-year-old Komalika shot an eight as it was down to Deepika versus her more fancied rival Aida Roman, the 2012 London Olympics silver medallist, in the final arrow.
The Indian held her nerves and drilled a perfect 10 as Aida, needing a nine to prolong the shoot-off, managed to shot only eight.
This was India's fifth recurve women's team gold in World Cup having won it previously in Shanghai-2011, Medellin-2013, Wroclaw-2013 and 2014 with Deepika winning her fifth yellow metal.
"It feels good to win a gold medal after seven years," Deepika said after the win.
Yet to win a team quota for the Olympics, the win will bolster their confidence ahead of the final qualification event on the sidelines of World Cup Stage 3 in Paris in June.
"I was nervous but thankfully I managed to do well. I'm sure this confidence will help us seal a team quota in Paris," Komalika, the reigning under-18 world champion, said.
In the mixed pair bronze playoff, India trailed 0-2 after the first set but Das and Ankita complemented well in the second and third set to clinch the issue.
Ankita shot two of the three 10s in the second set, while Das stepped it up in the third set with two 10s to win the match.