Teenager Kumkum Mohod kept her composure under pressure to clinch gold in the women’s individual recurve event at the Asian Games, defeating South Korea’s Oh Yejin in a shoot-out here on Saturday.With the victory, Kumkum became the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games medal in the individual recurve event.After the scores were tied at 5-5, Kumkum shot a 10 in the shoot out, while Oh managed an 8 to hand the Indian the gold medal.Kumkum had also secured an Olympic quota place for India by reaching the semifinals, defeating China’s Jingyi Zhu 6-2.Kumkum secured one of the two available quota places for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The quota, as per the rules, belongs to the country. (With Agencies)Teenage archer Kumkum Mohod reaches recurve individual final, eyes historic goldOctober 3, 2026 7:50 amIndian archer Kumkum Mohod continued her remarkable run at the Asian Games 2026 as she defeated China’s Zhu Jingyi 6-2 to reach the women’s individual recurve archery final on Saturday, putting herself within one win of creating history. The 17-year-old had earlier stunned South Korea’s world and Olympic champion Kang Chaeyoung 6-4 in the quarterfinals before producing another composed performance against Zhu, the world championship silver medallist, according to ESPN.