Amravati, As Kumkum Mohod’s arrow pierced the target for a perfect 10, sealing India’s first-ever women’s individual recurve archery gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan, the narrow lanes of Gosavi Colony in Amravati lit up with celebration.
“We spoke to Kumkum. She had competed in several national and international competitions, but this was her first individual medal, and that too a gold at the Asian Games. “She has made not only Amravati but the whole of India proud.
She is thrilled that she got what she was aiming for,” said her ecstatic father. Mohod said residents of Gosavi Colony, where the family lives, were ecstatic that a teenager from the locality had excelled on such a big stage. We can’t forget this moment,” he told PTI.
“I never watch her last match. Instead, I sit before God and pray.
Anil said Kumkum now wants to win gold at the next Olympics and gift it to her coach. Kumkum’s mother, Rupali, said the family could not be prouder. Asked what she was doing while the match was on, Rupali said she never watched her daughter’s final and instead prayed. For now, Rupali said, her daughter has another task to focus on.
Even today, I did not watch the match,” said the smiling mother.
