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Antalya (Turkey), April 23 (Ians) Indian men’s recurve team of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tarundeep Rai bagged a silver medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 here on Sunday.

The Indian trio lost to Li Zhongyuan, Qi Xiangshuo, and Wei Shaoxuan of China 4-5 in the final.

China raced into a 4-0 lead, edging ahead in the first set before a dominant second set took advantage of some loose Indian arrows.

But the Indian team of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Tarundeep Rai fought back to clinch the third and forced a shoot-off after China, needing a nine to seal gold, could only muster an eight in the fourth round.

In the shoot off, both the teams were levelled at 28 but the Chinese team emerged victorious thanks to an opening X from Li.

En route to the final, the fourth-seeded Indian men’s recurve archery team had defeated Italy,...

Antalya (Turkey), April 22 (Ians) Indian archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam won gold medals in the women’s individual compound and mixed team events at the Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 1, here on Saturday.

Jyothi defeated Colombia’s Sara Lopez 149-146 in the title clash to top the podium. She defeated world No. 1 Ella Gibson of Britain 148-146 to advance to the final.

On the other hand, Jyothi and partner Ojas Pravin Deotale topped the podium in the compound mixed team event with a 159-154 win over Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi Hsuan and Chem Chieh Lun in the summit clash.

Having scored 159 out of a possible 160, the Indian compound mixed archery team also narrowly missed out on equalling the world record by one point.

This was India’s second-ever World Cup gold medal in the mixed team compound event. Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma clinched the maiden gold at Paris in...

Antalya (Turkey), April 20 (Ians) The Indian men’s recurve team comprising Atanu Das, B Dhiraj and Tarundeep Rai confirmed a medal at the Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 1 here, after storming into the final on Thursday.

The Indian team will face China in the gold medal clash on Sunday. This will be the first time in nine years that a men’s Indian recurve archery team will feature in a World Cup final. India won its last World Cup gold medal in the men’s recurve team event 13 years ago.

The men’s recurve team, which got a first-round bye after qualifying as the fourth seeds, defeated 13th seed Japan 5-4 in the pre-quarterfinal after a 29-28 shoot-off victory.

The Indians shot two perfect 10s from three attempts to seal the issue in the tie-breaker after both the teams were locked 4-4 following four sets of shooting.

Thereafter, the Indian trio...

Antalya, April 18 (Ians) Top Indian archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam created a sensation at the Archery World Cup stage 1 at Antalya, Turkey, by equalling the existing women’s individual world record in the women’s compound event qualification round.

Jyothi scored 713 points in the season-opening Archery World Cup, matching Colombia’s Sara Lopez’s record set at the 2015 Colombian National selections.

The Indian’s score of 713 points saw her topping the qualifying and guarantees her top seeding for the remaining competition. Jyothi finished two points ahead of Dafne Quintero in second, with Sara Lopez in third.

Jyothi’s effort also broke the Asian record of 709, held by Korea’s So Chaewon at the 2017 Asian championships in Dhaka.

In 72 shots, Jyothi Surekha Vennam hit the target 66 times, including 36 in a row – earning 360 points – in the last six rounds of the qualification.

Jyothi helped the Indian women’s team top the qualifying in...