Archery World Cup Stage 4: Indian challenge ends in QFs for compound and recurve mixed teams

The Indian compound and recurve teams lost to the Netherlands and Mexico respectively in the quarter-finals of the mixed teams events in the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Paris, France on Friday.

In the recurve individual qualification rounds, no Indian, either in the men’s or women’s category, progressed to the semi-finals stage. Dhiraj Bommadevara was the only Indian to reach the quarter-final stage, but lost to Baptiste Addis of France to end any hopes of India winning an Olympic quota at the competition in Paris.

The compound men’s and women’s teams are in contention for a medal when they face the US and Mexico respectively in the gold medal matches on Saturday.

Jyothi Vennam is the only individual Indian archer left in the competition across categories when she takes on Ella Gibson of Great Britain in the compound women’s individual semi-final, also on Saturday.

The pair of Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale had ranked first in the compound mixed team rankings with individual scores of 710 and 713 respectively and a total team score of 1423.

Getting a bye in the first round, Vennam and Deotale overcame a tricky challenge from Sofia Paiz and Roberto Hernandez of El Salvador to take the lead in the third End and...

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