Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh's archery team, comprising Asiad silver medallist Muskan Kirar, on Thursday won the gold medal at the 39th senior national archery championship in Cuttack, Odisha.Besides Muskan, other members of the MP team were Sristhi Singh, Anuradha and Lakshita Firke. The MP team triumphed in the compound women category. In the final, MP defeated Rajasthan with the scoreline 223- 227. In the semi-finals, the team defeated Manipur 217-218. Earlier in the pre-quarterfinal round, the gold medallists defeated Maharashtra 222-225.The gold medallists train at MP State Archery Academy. Their coach Ricchpal Singh said Muskan has been consistently performing along with the other archers for the past two years. “Muskan had stunned the international archery circuit at the 2018 Asiad in Indonesia. She had won silver medal at the event, which was the first ever from MP," Singh said.Her father Virendra Kirar said: “I have no words to say about her. We never thought she would make it big in a game in which she had no background. But Muskan is not only visiting different parts of the country and overseas, but also winning medals. She has made us proud.”Virendra, who owns a grocery shop in Jabalpur, initially wanted Muskan to become a doctor. The overjoyed father said: “Now, I am realizing her decision to become an archer was correct.”

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