Indian Compound Archers Secure Silverware For India After Reaching World Cup Final

Indian recurve archers clinched two bronze medals in the men’s and women’s team events at the World Cup Stage 4 on Thursday.

The men’s recurve team 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) in the bronze medal play-off.

The Indian women’s trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur overcame a two-set deficit to get past Mexico 5-4 (52-55, 52-53, 55-52, 54-52) (27-25) in the shoot-off to get their hands on the bronze medal too.