Indian males’s recurve crew of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke defeated Spain’s Andres Temino, Yun Sanchez and Pablo Acha 6-2 (54-56, 57-55, 56-54, 57-55) within the bronze medal play-off.
NEW DELHI: Indian recurve archers secured two bronze medals on the World Cup Stage Four in Paris on Thursday within the males’s and ladies’s crew occasions.
Within the males’s class, the recurve crew, comprising of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das, and Tushar Shelke, emerged victorious defeating Spain’s trio – Andres Temino, Yun Sanchez, and Pablo Acha, with a closing rating of 6-2 (54-56, 57-55, 56-54, 57-55) within the bronze medal play-off.
The second-seeded Indian males’s crew misfired an arrow of their semifinal loss in opposition to Chinese language Taipei to overlook out on a gold medal match.
The Indian trio misplaced out in straight units 0-6 (54-56, 47-58, 55-56).
The ladies’s crew additionally met with an identical destiny as they put up a sloppy present to be blanked 0-6 (52-57, 47-56, 52-53) by their Chinese language Taipei rivals within the semifinal.
The trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur hit thrice within the pink circle (8-8-7) within the first set, whereas the second was worse after they shot three 7s and one Eight to handle a poor 47.
Chinese language Taipei additionally shot a poor 53 within the third set however Indians failed to enhance misplaced the set by one level with three 8s and went out of a gold medal competition.
Within the bronze medal playoff, the Indian ladies’s crew overcame a two-set deficit to get previous Mexico 5-4 (52-55, 52-53, 55-52, 54-52) (27-25) within the shoot-off.
(With inputs from PTI)