India won the women’s recurve team gold at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on October 2, defeating South Korea 5–3. The official Ianseo results list India first, South Korea second and China third. The Times of India’s October 2 report described it as India’s first Asian Games gold in this event.
The official final bracket shows how the contest turned: the opening sets finished level at 54–54 and 56–56, before India won the third 55–51. A 54–54 fourth set supplied the point needed to complete the victory. India had beaten China 5–1 in the semifinal.
India also took silver in the recurve mixed-team competition that morning. The official final ranking places China first, India second and South Korea third. These were separate team competitions, adding a gold and a silver to India’s archery results.
World Archery’s September 23 competition guide scheduled the recurve team finals for October 2 and the individual finals for October 3. The completed team results do not determine those remaining individual contests.
