2 silvers and a bronze for India at the Archery World Cup

The Indian team clinched 2 silvers and a bronze medal at the recently concluded Archery World Cup – Stage I in Shanghai, China. The bronze medal was won in the women’s compound section and silver medals were won in Women’s Recurve Individual category and Recurve Mixed event category.

Indian team won their first-ever Archery World Cup medal in the women’s compound section when Trisha Deb, Gagandeep Kaur and Lily Chanu defeated their Italian opponents 228-223 in the bronze medal play-off in Shanghai on Saturday. The Indian team, who got a bye in the first round, defeated Mexico 230-224 in the Quarterfinals but unfortunately lost to the top seeded U.S.A 228-227 in the semifinals because of which they went to a bronze medal play-off match.

In the recurve section, the Indian team had two gold medal winning opportunities but unfortunately they were unable to win either of them. In the mixed recurve section, the Indian pair of Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar, who were seeded 3rd, lost to the 5th seeded American pair of Khatuna Lorig and Ellison Brady 154-146 in the finals. The bronze medal was won by Korea after defeating Mexico 147 T 19-147 T 14. In the semifinals, the Indian pair defeated the 2nd seeded Mexican pair of Aida Roman and Juan Rene Serrano 146-140. Juan and Aida won the silver medal at the London Olympics 2012.

In the women’s recurve Individual section, World No. 2 Indian Archer Deepika Kumari lost 4-6 to the Korean Archer Yun OK-Hee. In the Semifinals, Deepika defeated 2008 Olympic Games Gold medalist Korean Archer Hyun-Jung Joo by 6-4. Deepika, who lost in the first round at the London Olympics, was in top form in this tournament. World Cup Stage-2 will be held in Antalya, Turkey from 10-16th June.