The Indian men’s and women’s recurve teams won bronze medals at the Archery World Cup 2023 stage 4 in Paris, France, on Thursday.
While the men’s archery team defeated Spain 6-2 in the bronze medal match, the women’s team beat Mexico in the shoot-off after scores were tied 4-4 at the end of the fourth set.
The Indian team in men’s recurve archery, comprising Tokyo Olympian Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke, shot 2034 points in the qualifying round for second place behind the Republic of Korea. A total of 26 national teams competed in the men’s recurve team competition.
The top four teams got a bye in the first round. India stormed through Mexico 6-2 in the second round and handed seventh-seed Canada a 5-1 defeat in the quarter-finals.
However, India were blanked by Chinese Taipei 6-0 in the semi-finals and were pulled into the bronze medal match.
Later in the day, the Indian women’s recurve team of Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur also clinched bronze. They came sixth in the 23-team qualifying event with a score of 1979 points.
The Indian women beat Japan 6-2 and Italy 5-1 on their way to the semi-finals but like the men’s team, their charge was also halted by Chinese Taipei, who won 6-0.
