Indian archer Deepika Kumari today equalled the world record in women's recurve event before helping the country to the mixed pair bronze play-off in the first stage of the Archery World Cup that got underway in Shanghai.
Deepika set the range blazing shooting 346 in the first half and needed just 341 to get past the Korean but two 9s in the last end meant the 2015 record remained perfect.
The former world No.1 and winner of two Commonwealth Games gold medals shot 686 in the 72-arrow ranking round to equal the feat of London Olympics gold-medallist Ki Bo Bae of Korea.
The pair lost to fourth ranked Chinese Taipei 3-5 and will face third-seeded Koreans in the bronze medal playoff. Korea were blanked 0-6 by second-ranked USA in the other semifinal.- In the semifinals
In the men's recurve qualification, Atanu Das, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia finished among top-20 to hand the team a third place.