Indian Archery Team: India’s women recurve archers defeated Korea to reach the World Cup final. more sports news
Kolkata: India’s women recurve archers defeated powerhouse South Korea 5-1 to reach the final of the Archery World Cup Stage-II in Shanghai on Thursday. This morale-boosting achievement comes a few months before the Asian Games. Team includes Olympians Deepika Kumari And Ankita Bhakta Teenager Kumkum Mohod, along with her side, comfortably defeated the new-look Korean team in the gold medal clash against second-seeded China on Sunday, ensuring India’s first medal in this World Cup.Go beyond limits with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!However, their male counterparts experienced Tarundeep Rai, Dheeraj Bommadevara and Yashdeep Bhoge performed poorly and lost to Bangladesh 2-6 in the pre-quarterfinals after getting a bye in the first round.
The women faced an inexperienced Korean team, which missed the first leg of the World Cup in Mexico, where India came out empty-handed. Reigning world champion Kang Chaeyoung was the only experienced archer in the Korean team along with two debutants in Lee Eunji and Oh Yejin. However, they still qualified as the top-ranked team but could not reach this stage before losing to India 55–58, 56–56, 56–58.Earlier, the women’s trio recovered from a slow start to beat Uzbekistan 6-2 (53-56, 57-54, 55-54, 55-51) in the opening round. The fourth-seeded Indian team faced a tough challenge against Vietnam before overcoming them 5-4 (28-25) in a tense shoot-off.