India make clean sweep in recurve event

Having claimed men, women and mixed pair team gold in the morning session, the re-curve archers bagged two gold and as many silver in the all-Indian final in the afternoon to sign off in style with a maximum possible of 10 gold and four silver in total. Making a comeback after the 2014 Asian Games, Tarundeep Rai retained his South Asian Games individual title to finish with a hat trick of gold along with Deepika Kumari as the duo also bagged the mixed pair and their respective team events. 

The two-time Olympian Rai, who had bagged the SA Games gold in 2010, held nerve under pressure to down his Army colleague Gurucharan Besra 6-2 in the individual final.

Up 4-2 after three sets, Rai shot 19 (10-9) in his first two set of arrows, while Besra also shot an identical 19 (9-10) as the former needed a Perfect 10 under windy conditions at the Polo Grounds. Showing nerves of steel, Rai was bang on target to clinch the fourth set 2928 en route to retaining his gold as Besra had to settle for a silver.