Tashkent. Indian archers made a resounding start to the second leg of the Asia Cup, entering the finals of all the four team events in recurve and compound chug. In the men’s recurve event, the top-seeded Indian team beat hosts Uzbekistan 6-0. 0 (56.54, 57.54, 56.53) The Indian team included Mrinal Chauhan, Tushar Shelke and Jayant Talukdar while the Uzbek team included Chen Yao Yu, A Kararov and Amirkhan Sadikov. Earlier, India had defeated Kyrgyzstan by the same margin. Now they will face China.
The recurve women’s team (Sangita, Prachi Singh and Tanisha Verma) defeated Uzbekistan in the tiebreaker by 5. 4 (53.54, 56.49, 52.50, 52.54, 26.26). In the quarter-finals, the Indian team defeated Saudi Arabia by 6. was defeated by 0. Now they will face China. The Indian men’s compound team (Abhishek Verma, Kushal Dalal, Amit) defeated Saudi Arabia by 236. Made it to the final by defeating 221. The Indian team got a bye in the semi-finals. They will now face Hong Kong in the final.
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The compound women’s team (Preneet Kaur, Pragati and Ragini Markoo) qualified for the final after topping the qualification round. Now they will face Hong Kong. In the absence of Korea, the challenge in the second leg of the Asia Cup is not a tough one. India has also sent its second-rate team.
