Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men's and women's compound teams through to finals
The Indian men’s and women’s compound archery teams reached the finals of their respective events at the 2024 Archery World Cup Stage I in Shanghai on Wednesday.
In the recurve qualification rounds, Dhiraj Bommadevara finished in third place while the recurve men’s team are seeded second in the competition and the recurve women’s team are seeded sixth.
The women’s team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami and Parneet Kaur cruised into the final with wins over Turkey and Estonia in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.
By virtue of being the top seeds, India had received a bye in the first round and face ninth seeds Turkey in the quarter-finals. The trio shot 60, 58, 57 and 60 in their four ends to beat Turkey 235-230.
In the semi-finals, Estonia took the lead in the first end by scoring a perfect score of 60 compared to India’s 59. However, the Estonians dropped five points in the next end as India took a 118-115 lead and followed it up with a perfect 60 in the third end to lead 178-172. Though Estonia shot 58 in the final end compared to India’s 57, it wasn’t enough to overtake the top seeds.
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