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The Print
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Print
Compound mixed team in bronze play-off, Deepika, Salunkhe in recurve individual semis
The Indian archers lost the opening and third series — 38-39 and 39-40 — while they were tied 40-40 and 39-39 in the second and fourth series. Madhura Dhamangaonkar and Abhishek Verma lost 156-158 to Ella Gibson and Ajay Scott of Great Britain in the compound mixed team semifinal. Shanghai, May 9 (PTI) The Indian compound mixed team entered the bronze medal match while Deepika Kumari and Parth Sushant Salunkhe made it to the women's and men's recurve individual semifinals of the World Cup Stage 2 here on Friday. Dhamangaonkar and Abhishek Verma will face Malaysia — who lost to Turkiye 156-157 — in the bronze medal match on Saturday. In the individual men's recurve competition, Salunkhe made it to the semifinals after stunning Tokyo Olympics gold medallist and Paris Games bronze winner Mete Gazoz 6-5 in the shoot-off in the first round. He then overcame Aoshima Tetsuya of Japan with an identical margin in the round of 32 before defeating Ryan Tyack of Australia 6-2. In the quarterfinal, Salunkhe beat Kim Je Deok of South Korea 6-2. He will meet star South Korean and Paris Olympics gold medallist Kim Woojin in the semifinals on Sunday. Woojin defeated another Indian, Atanu Das in the quarterfinal In the women's section, Deepika entered the semifinals. She began with a 6-4 win over Lucia Ibanez Romero of Spain and then defeated Diana Tursunbek of Kazakhstan 6-0 before prevailing over Victoria Sebastian of France 6-4 In the quarterfinal, Deepika beat Li Jiaman of China 6-2 to set up a semifinal clash against Lim Sihyeon of South Korea. Sihyeon had beaten another Indian Ankita Bhakat in the pre-quarterfinals. In the recurve mixed team event, Deepika and Dhiraj Bommadevara lost 1-5 against Elia Canales and Andres Temino Mediel of Spain in the second round. On Saturday, besides the compound mixed team bronze medal match, India will also feature in the two gold medal matches. The Indian compound women's team of Madhura, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Chikitha Taniparthi faces Mexico in the final and the compound men's team of Abhishek Verma, Rishabh Yadav and Ojas Pravin Deotale is also up against the Mexican team. PTI PDS PDS UNG This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Hans India
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Compound mixed team in bronze play-off
Shanghai: The Indian compound mixed team entered the bronze medal match while Deepika Kumari and Parth Sushant Salunkhe made it to the women's and men's recurve individual semifinals of the World Cup Stage 2 here on Friday. Madhura Dhamangaonkar and Abhishek Verma lost 156-158 to Ella Gibson and Ajay Scott of Great Britain in the compound mixed team semifinal. The Indian archers lost the opening and third series -- 38-39 and 39-40 -- while they were tied 40-40 and 39-39 in the second and fourth series. Dhamangaonkar and Abhishek Verma will face Malaysia -- who lost to Turkiye 156-157 -- in the bronze medal match on Saturday. In the individual men's recurve competition, Salunkhe made it to the semifinals after stunning Tokyo Olympics gold medallist and Paris Games bronze winner Mete Gazoz 6-5 in the shoot-off in the first round. He then overcame Aoshima Tetsuya of Japan with an identical margin in the round of 32 before defeating Ryan Tyack of Australia 6-2. In the quarterfinal, Salunkhe beat Kim Je Deok of South Korea 6-2. He will meet star South Korean and Paris Olympics gold medallist Kim Woojin in the semifinals on Sunday. Woojin defeated another Indian, Atanu Das in the quarterfinal In the women's section, Deepika entered the semifinals. She began with a 6-4 win over Lucia Ibanez Romero of Spain and then defeated Diana Tursunbek of Kazakhstan 6-0 before prevailing over Victoria Sebastian of France 6-4 In the quarterfinal, Deepika beat Li Jiaman of China 6-2 to set up a semifinal clash against Lim Sihyeon of South Korea. Sihyeon had beaten another Indian Ankita Bhakat in the pre-quarterfinals. In the recurve mixed team event, Deepika and Dhiraj Bommadevara lost 1-5 against Elia Canales and Andres Temino Mediel of Spain in the second round. On Saturday, besides the compound mixed team bronze medal match, India will also feature in the two gold medal matches. The Indian compound women's team of Madhura, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Chikitha Taniparthi faces Mexico in the final and the compound men's team of Abhishek Verma, Rishabh Yadav and Ojas Pravin Deotale is also up against the Mexican team.
The Hindu
07-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Archery World Cup Stage 2 — India men's, women's teams reach compound archery final
The Indian men's and women's compound archery teams moved into the finals of the World Cup Stage 2 with commanding performances here on Wednesday, assuring the country of two medals from the prestigious event. The No. 1-ranked men's team of Ojas Deotale. Abhishek Verma and Rishabh Yadav defeated Great Britain 239-232 in the quarterfinal before overcoming a strong challenge from Denmark 232-231. In the women's compound section, top-ranked India, comprising Madhura Dhamangaonkar, Chikitha Taniparthi, and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, overcame Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals, before defeating Great Britain in the last four to also seal a title clash with Mexico. Both the gold medal matches against Mexico will take place on Saturday. In the men's quarterfinal against Great Britain, India lost the opening series 59-60 before the team pulled things back in the second at 60-58, thus taking the aggregate score after two sets to 119-118. In the third series, the Indian trio was even more assertive, winning 60-57. it won by the same margin in the fourth set as well to win by seven points against the Great Britain trio of Ajay Scott, Adam Carpenter and Luke Davis. In the semifinal, India started off on the wrong foot as it lost the opening series 57-60 before gaining momentum to level the scores at 58-58 in the second. With the Danes leading by three points at 118-115 going into the third set, things looked uphill for India. But a remarkable turnaround transpired where the Indian trio slammed all their arrows in the bullseye even as Danish archers Mathias Fullerton, Martin Damsbo and Nicklas Bredal Bryld faltered with three '9s, with India levelling the scores at 175-175. The low-scoring decisive fourth series saw India miraculously take a one-point lead at 57-56 to seal a berth in the final. In the women's compound section, India, which had received a bye in the opening round, defeated eighth-ranked Kazakhstan 232-229, before overcoming fourth-ranked Great Britain 232-230 to secure a title clash against Mexico, ranked second in the world. Last month in Auburndale (USA), the Indian compound mixed team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Rishabh Yadav had clinched the gold medal at the World Cup Stage 1, defeating its Chinese Taipei opponent Huang I-Jou and Chen Chieh-Lun.
