The Indian women’s and mixed pair compound archery teams won silver medals after losses to Colombia in both events at the World Championshi...
The Indian women’s and mixed pair compound archery teams won silver medals after losses to Colombia in both events at the World Championships in Yankton, USA.
The Indian mixed pair duo of Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam started off with a one-point lead (39-38) but lost momentum thereafter. The Indians went down by a four-point margin (150-154).
The seventh-seeded women’s team of Jyothi, Muskan Kirar and Priya Gurjar, on the other hand, lost by a margin of five points (224-229) against the troika of Sara Lopez, Alejandra Usquiano and Nora Valdez.
The Colombians, who topped the rankings, drilled in 15 perfect 10s with five Xs (closest to the centre).
Locked 58-58 after the opening end, the Indian women’s team failed to snatch a lead shooting twice in the red circle as their opponents gained a one-point advantage.
There was no stopping the Colombians thereafter as they shot eight 10s from twelve arrows in the last two ends to win their third women’s title, and first since 2017.
In the mixed pair event, India had a poor second end where they shot two 9s and one 8 to squander a one-point lead and lose the match by four points.
The duo of Daniel Munoz and Sara, who stood second in the rankings, consolidated after...
