Archery WC: India falter in bronze play-offs

Both the mens’s and women’s compound team lost its respective bronze play-offs matches; India’s only hope is now in the compound mixed pair bronze play-off where Abhishek Verma and Divya Dahal will face their opponents from Italy.

Published : Jun 10, 2017 16:46 IST , Antalya

Abishek Verma of the men's compound team shooting during the Hyundai Archery World Cup.
Abishek Verma of the men's compound team shooting during the Hyundai Archery World Cup.
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Abishek Verma of the men's compound team shooting during the Hyundai Archery World Cup.

Indian men’s compound team returned empty handed from the Archery World Cup Stage II, losing the bronze play-off to its French opponents on Saturday.

The women’s compound team also lost the bronze medal match 222-227 to Italy as India suffered successive defeats in the morning session.

India’s only hope is now in the compound mixed pair bronze play-off where Abhishek Verma and Divya Dahal will face their opponents from Italy.

India had high expectation in the compound team event where it bagged a gold in the World Cup Stage I last month.

But the trio of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Gurwinder Singh lost to Pierre-Julien Deloche, Dominique Genet and Fabien Delobelle 227-228 in a closely-fought encounter.

It was their lackluster opening end of 56 against the Frenchmen’s solid 59 out of a maximum 60 that proved costly.

Making amends in the second end, Indians shot four perfect 10s including two Xs (closest to the centre) to level 114-114.

But the French team snatched a slender 172-171 lead in the third end before sealing the bronze in the next set.

In the women’s compound team event, Divya Dahal, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Snehal Mandhare opened up a 56-54 lead and extended it 112-110 with consistent shootings.

But they capped an 8 and 7 in a terrible third end of 54 to allow Marcella Tonioli, Irene Franchini and Viviana Spano to take a crucial 166-168 lead.

Italy came up with a near-flawless 59 in the fourth end to clinch the bronze.

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