Bommadevara wins gold; official scorecard still hiding
India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara is reported to have beaten Japan’s Junya Nakanishi in Saltillo. World Archery has confirmed the event and field, but not yet the final result in the material available here.
The reported Saltillo final awaits its official scorecard.
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Dhiraj Bommadevara is reported to have won the men’s recurve title at the 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Saltillo, Mexico — a major result for Indian sport, even if the governing body’s accessible record is still taking its time.
A report says Bommadevara beat Japan’s Junya Nakanishi 6–5 after the final was tied at 5–5, then won the shoot-off 10–9. It also says he defeated Türkiye’s Berkim Tumer 7–1 in the quarterfinal and France’s Jean-Charles Valladont 7–1 in the semifinal. World Archery independently confirms the event dates, the eight-man field and Bommadevara’s quarterfinal pairing with Tumer.
The report calls him the first Indian male recurve archer to win World Cup Final gold. That claim is credible on the available record, but not independently confirmed by an official result sheet in the supplied material. For now, the medal is reported; the paperwork remains somewhere between the target and the bullseye.