Indian archers claim two bronze, reach four finals

Indian archers bagged two bronze medals and also stormed into the finals of the mens recurve and womens compound team events on the second day of the Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage 1 here on Wednesday India also confirmed three medals in the individual section but it came with the embarrassment for the recurve men where none of the four archers could reach the medal rounds in a sharp fall from the previous editions toptwo finish by Vishnu Choudhary and RahulThe womens compound team improved on its bronze from the previous edition by reaching the final The trio of Chikitha Taniparthi Raj Kaur and Tejal Salve edged past local favourites Kanyavee Maneesombatkul Kanoknapus Kaewchomphu and Chaniddapa Thanaratpitinan 229226 in a closelyfought semifinal to set up a summit clash against thirdseeded KazakhstanHowever there was some disappointment in the mens compound section where India fielded one of their most experienced combinations Despite topping the qualification round with Indian archers sweeping the top four spots the team failed to defend its title and had to settle for a bronze The trio of Rajat Chauhan Rishabh Yadav and Uday Kamboj squandered a strong fivepoint lead to lose 233234 to Vietnam in the semifinalsIndia began with a perfect opening end but faltered in the second managing 57 while Vietnams Cong Duc Dang Ngoc Tu Pham and Xuan Huong Tran shot a perfect 60 to cut the deficit The Vietnamese continued their surge with another perfect 60 in the third end to overturn the deficit and take a onepoint leadBoth teams shot 59 in the final end sealing Indias narrow defeatThe Indians however bounced back to beat Bhutan 234232 in the bronze medal match In the recurve section India entered the mens team final with a 51 win over Malaysia The topseeded trio of Devaang Gupta Sukhchain Singh and Juyel Sarkar won comfortably without dropping a set India took the opening set 5350 and edged the second 5352 in a lowscoring contestBoth teams improved in the third set with India shooting four 10s but it ended in a 56all tie which was just enough to send India into the final where they will meet thirdseeded Kazakhstan The womens recurve team also signed off with a bronze medal beating Malaysia 51 having missing out on a podium finish in the previous edition at the same venueThe trio of Ruma Biswas Kirti and Ridhi Phor delivered a dominant performance and dropped just one point in the opening set to win 5956 before extending their lead with a 5350 win in the second The third set ended 5252 confirming the bronzeCompound dominance recurve men flop showLater in the afternoon session that catered to individual rounds India had mixed outing In mens compound Chauhan Jawkar and Kamboj overcame the disappointment of team showing by progressing to the medal matches and kept alive hopes of a clean sweep Jawkar edged past Chauhan 149148 in a tight semifinal while Kamboj defeated local favourite Peerawat Rattanapongkiat 147145Jawkar and Kamboj will now clash for gold with Chauhan set to compete for bronze Ridhi kept Indias campaign alive in womens recurve storming into the final to stay in contention for her maiden international individual gold The 24yearold beat Malaysias Xing Lei Joey Tan in straight sets dropping just one point in the opening set 2926 before taking control with a 2723 second setShe wrapped up the contest comfortably in the third The Haryana archer will face Mongolias OyunErdene Baasandorj in the final In sharp contrast the mens recurve campaign ended in disappointment Eighth seed Sukhchain Singh lost in straight sets to neutral athlete and Russian born Kirill Batuev who shot six 10s from nine arrows to win 2928 2928 2826Devaang Gupta put up a fight before going down 46 to Malaysias Chong Evan Rich in a closely fought fivesetter In womens compound Tejal Salve remained the lone Indian in contention for a medal entering the bronze playoff after losing her semifinal 144147 to top seed Arina Cherkezova a neutral athlete originally from Russia The other Indians Chikitha Raj Kaur and Swati Dudhwal exited in the prequarterfinalsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever