Shanghai: Indian archers began the new season with a medal assured. The Indian men's and women's compound archery team entered the final of the World Cup. Meanwhile, Dheeraj Bommadevara set a national record in the Olympic recurve event, finishing third in the ranking round. The first phase of the competition began, On Wednesday, The men's team comprising veteran Abhishek Verma, debutant Prathamesh Phuge of Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune and world champion Priyansh in theU-21 category, had to settle for the fourth spot in the ranking round after India first beat Philippines and also Denmark.
India beat Korea 235-233 to enter the semi-finals. At the end of the first half both team were unevenly matched. Still, in the final third round, the Korean hunters missed the target and the Indians took advantage of it to score 59 points with perfection. They will face the Netherlands in the final.
The wind speed at the venue was good, We all studied the wind veritably well. The special thing is that we had good collaboration, "Said expert Abhishek Verma. Prathamesh, who's making his debut, is presently the world champion in the under-21 catogery along with Priyansh. "Thesemi-finals are always tough. This match was also a draw with perfection, we were suitable to beat the potent Koreans, "Prathamesh said." I'm happy that we've reached the final by beating the players who decided to make a career in archery," Priyansh said".
The top-seeded Indian women's team, comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parineet Kaur, made it to the final with ease. The women's team fluently crushed the challenge of Turkey first and also Estonia. India beat Estonia 235-230. India will take on Italy for the gold order. Both matches will be played on Saturday and Sunday." We've been harmonious in our fur. We made sure that the delicacy and attention didn't falter," Aditi said. I'm confident that we will repeat the success we had in Paris last time.
Bommadevaru's public record In the Olympic recurve event, Bommadeva shot 693 to break Tarundeep Rai's public record of 689. He took third place. He'll face Adam Lee of the Czech Republic in the alternate round. Tarundeep finished seventh with 684 points, while Pravin Jadhav finished 25th with 672 points. India is in the alternate position with 2049 points.
The women's team didn't fare well in the final. Ankita Bhakat came 25th with 664 points. Bhajan Kaur scored 657 while Deepika Kumari could only score 656 on her return after a time. The women's platoon finished sixth with 1977 points. The Indian platoon is without a trainer. Last season, the Indian platoon achieved great success under the guidance of Sergio Pagani, who was imported from Italy. still, this time he couldn't come because he was busy in a camp in India.