Archery World Cup: Dhiraj Bommadevara wins individual recurve bronze, India clinch men’s team silver

The Indian team lost 4-5 in a thrilling final against the Chinese team of Li Zhongyuan, Qi Xiangshuo and Wei Shaoxuan.

Apr 23, 2023 - 19:30

Archery World Cup: Dhiraj Bommadevara wins individual recurve bronze, India clinch men’s team silver

India’s Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tarundeep Rai won the recurve team silver medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 on Sunday in Antalya, Turkey.

In the individual event later in the day, Dhiraj made it a memorable day by clinching the bronze medal to mark a memorable week in Antalya for him. He had earlier stunned USA’s Brady Ellison in the round of 16.

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???? ???? Dhiraj Bommadevara is an individual bronze medallist at the season-opening World Cup. The 21-year-old caps off a memorable week with a podium finish. Would imagine the win against #2 Brady Ellison is his highlight. https://t.co/nhubJ78FNd pic.twitter.com/oOIphx2jDC— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 23, 2023

Earlier in the day, the Indian team lost 4-5 in a thrilling final against the Chinese team of Li Zhongyuan, Qi Xiangshuo and Wei Shaoxuan.

The trio started the match with a solid 54 in the first set but the Chinese went one point better. The second set saw an erratic set of arrows from the Indians as they lost it 50-56 and went down 0-4 on the scoreboard. They were effectively an arrow away from losing in the third set but a sensational 59 saw them edge China by a point in a high-scoring set.

In the fourth set, China...