In a double delight, keeping in mind the upcoming Asian Games, India’s archers and shooters registered impressive podium finishes on Thursday at the World Cup and World Championship in France and Azerbaijan, respectively. In Paris, India’s recurve archers clinched two bronze medals in the men’s and women’s team events at the World Cup Stage 4. The Indian men’s recurve team, comprising Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke defeated Spain’s Andres Temino, Yun Sanchez and Pablo Acha 6-2 (54-56, 57-55, 56-54, 57-55) in the bronze medal play-off.

Both teams lose to Taipei

The second-seeded Indian men’s had previously lost in the semi-finals to Chinese Taipei to miss out on the gold medal match. The Indian men lost 0-6 (54-56, 47-58, 55-56). The women’s team, comprising Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur also met with a similar fate, losing 0-6 (52-57, 47-56, 52-53) to Chinese Taipei in the semis. In the bronze medal playoff, the Indian women’s team overcame a two-set deficit to beat Mexico 5-4 (52-55, 52-53, 55-52, 54-52) (27-25) in the shoot-off.