Paris: Indian mixed team archers’ star couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari clinched the Gold medal on Sunday at the World Cup Stage – 3 Archery in Paris. Deepika and Atanu defeated Netherland’s Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser with 5 – 3 and fetch India a third gold medal from the competition.

This was after the women’s recurve team of Deepika, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari notched up the gold medal with a comfortable win over Mexico, shrugging off the disappointment of missing Olympic qualification last week. Earlier in the day, in a repeat of the World Cup first stage final, the troika of world number three Deepika, Ankita and Komalika defeated fancied Mexico 5-1 without dropping a set.

After winning the Gold medal archer Atanu Das said it feels amazing. First time we are playing together in the final and won together, feel so happy. It feels we are made for each other. But in the ground we are not couple but like just other competitors, we motivate, support and back each other, he said.