Archery World Cup Stage 4: Indian men’s and women’s recurve team win bronze

The Indian men’s and women’s recurve team won a bronze medal each at the ongoing 2023 Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Paris on Thursday.

While the men’s team comprising of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Tushar Shelke breezed past Spain 6-2 in the bronze medal match, the Indian women’s team staved off a stiff challenge from Mexico to win 5-4.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam was the only compound archer to reach the semi-finals in the individual events on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, the second seeded Indian men’s team recieved a bye in the first round before defeating Mexio 6-0 in the next round.

The trio of Das, Bommadevara, and Shelke then went past Canada 5-1 before losing to a raging Chinese Taipei 0-6 in the semi-finals.

On the other hand, the sixth seeded women’s team of Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat, and Simranjeet Kaur too lost to Chinese Taipei 0-6 in the semi-finals. They had earlier defeated Japan 6-2 and Italy 5-1 in the pre-quarters and quater-finals respectively after having received a bye for the first round.

Earlier on Wednesday, Bommadevara had finished as the highest ranked Indian in the men’s individual qualification round in the fourth spot with a score of 686. Das finished sixth with 684 while Shelke (664) was...

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