Archery World Cup: India out of men’s and women’s recurve team events
Shanghai. India’s men’s recurve team crashed out of the Archery World Cup after going down to Korea in the quarterfinals here on Thursday. India’s trio of Dheeraj Bommadevra, Atanu Das and Neeraj Chauhan went down 0-6 (54-55, 56-57, 54-59) to the top seeded Korean team of Lee Woo Seok, Kim Jae Deok and Kim Woojin had to face.
The eighth seeded Indian men’s recurve team started their campaign with a 5-3 (57-57, 56-58, 57-56, 58-51) win over Chinese Taipei. Seeded fourth in the team qualification, the Indian women’s team of Simranjit Kaur, Avneet Kaur and Ankita Bhakat put up a disappointing performance in the first round itself as they went down 1-5 (54-57, 57-57) to lower-ranked Indonesia. , 50–52).
In the recurve team events, India’s hopes will now rest on the mixed pair of Dheeraj Bommadevra and Simranjit Kaur. Finishing fifth in the qualifiers, he got a bye into the second round (pre-quarterfinals).
