Indian compound archery falls at World Cup; archers knocked out before medal rounds, big names disappoint | More sports News
NEW DELHI: Indian compound archers failed to secure positions in medal rounds during the Archery World Cup Stage 3 individual category competitions on Friday.Following their impressive performance in Shanghai, where India claimed second position behind South Korea with two gold, one silver and four bronze medals, they are still awaiting their first medal here.In the women’s individual section, fourth-seeded Madhura Dhamangaonkar, who won the previous World Cup, suffered defeat against Mexico’s fifth-seeded Mariana Bernal with a score of 152-159.Mariana maintained steady performance throughout, while Madhura could not maintain momentum after scoring 29 from a possible 33 in the opening round.World champion Aditi Swami also faced elimination in the quarter-finals, losing 147-152 to Mexican second seed Andrea Becerra.In men’s competition, thirteenth-seeded Rishabh Yadav was defeated by French archer Nicolas Girard, seeded 28th, with a score of 149-157 in the quarter-finals.Prior to this, Yadav had defeated senior compatriot Abhishek Verma 157-154 in the pre-quarter-finals.World champion Ojas Deotale experienced an unexpected first-round elimination, losing 157-161 to American James Lutz.The Indian compound archers showed difficulty adapting to the new scoring system introduced at this stage.From the Antalya leg, the ‘X’ ring, being the innermost circle, now values 11 points, increasing the perfect score per round (three arrows) from 30 to 33.On Thursday, India had already been eliminated from team events in both recurve and compound divisions.They now aim to improve their campaign through the mixed team event scheduled later today.Additional expectations rest on the recurve individual events.
