With the Recurve Mixed Team featuring Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das out of the competition, India's hopes of a medal in the Mixed Team category will rest on the shoulders of the Compound Mixed Team, who can secure a medal by the end of the end if they win the quarter-final and semi-final scheduled for later today.
A sensational effort from Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam. Nearly half of their 16 shots were 10 and they hit at least one in each set. Their consistency helped him easily overcome Iraq and go through to the quarter-final.
This has been simply sensational from the Indian duo of Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam. Three successive 10s and a nine to end the third set with a near perfect 39. And Iraq hit three 10s but finish with an eight.
After five successive 10s, it is finally a nine. But three successive nines mean that India finish with 37 in the second set and Iraq just fall short as they have 36.
More history being made by India in rowing courtesy of the GOLD medal in the Men’s Quadruple Sculls. That is only the second ever rowing gold for India at the Asian Games.
ICYMI: India have already won two bronze medals on day 6 courtesy of rowing. The first came in the men's Lightweight Single Sculls and the second was in the men’s Lightweight Double Sculls
Next up for India is the Compound Mixed Team event which will see Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam take on Iraq in the round of 16 as they look to keep India's hopes of a medal in Archery alive.
Having shot four 10s out of eight and the other four being 9, Atanu Das looked like he had done enough to book India a spot in the quarter-final. With a 10 in the Shoot-Off that certainly looked to be the case but Deepika Kumari, who was suffering from Dengue right before the Games couldn't quite come through and that means India are out of the Recurve Mixed Team event.
In the shoot-off, Mongolia and India both shot 10 to start off but the second arrow was a nine from Mongolia and just seven from India and that is that for the Indian duo.
Needing a ten with the final arrow of the fourth set to level the score and claim a victory, India manage just eight. Mongolia take the fourth set 37-35.
The Indian duo are turning on the style as they once again register nothing less than nines and finish with a score of 38 in the third set. The Mongolians simply have no answer as they can only manage 34.
Three nines from both Mongolia and India to begin with but the final arrow of the first set is an eight from Mongolia but just six from India. They take it 35-33.
India are off the mark with Bronze. While India can't get a medal in Archery today, courtesy of rowing where Dushyant won Bronze in the Men's Lightweight Single Sculls, India now have a medal on day 6.
India have won 18 medals so far in the Asian Games 2018. Although they can't improve their medal tally in Archery on day six, they can certainly inch closer towards getting at least one by the end of the day's action.
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Day five ended more with a whimper, rather than a bang. On what was a disappointing day for India, several participants lost their matches in the final stages. Ankita Raina (WR 189) bagged a Bronze medal as she went down against Zhang Shuai (WR 34). She fought valiantly against the Chinese Number eventually lost 6-4, 7-6(6). Meanwhile, the Men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan made it to the Final of the event and are have ensured at least a Silver medal for India.
Meanwhile, India's 15-year-old shooter Shardul Vihan also bagged a Silver in the Men's Double Trap Final and took the total tally to 17. There was also progression in other racquet sports, as badminton squash, and indeed Tennis saw Indian athletes advance. However, India's loss to Iran in the Men's Kabaddi Semifinal was completely unprecedented and historic in a wrong sense for India! There were also losses in Archery and Weightlifting.
After a disappointing day five in Archery where no Indian managed to go through beyond the quarter-final in the men's and women's Individual recurve, India will be looking to bounce back in the team events on day six.
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