Shanghai: The Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Dheeraj Bommadevara and Praveen Jadha reached the men's team recurve final of the Archery World Cup Stage 1 here on Thursday, setting up a gold medal clash with Olympic champions Korea.
This happened on a day when India was assured of at least two medals in the compound competition after both the men's and women's teams reached the finals.
The Indian recurve team, which qualified by defeating reigning world and Olympic champions South Korea, defeated Italy 5-1 (55-54, 55-55, 56-55) in the last four stage.
India will face South Korea's Tokyo Olympics gold medalist trio of Kim Woojin, Lee Woo Seok and Kim Jae Deok in the final to be held on Sunday.
The top-seeded Korean trio defeated their Chinese Taipei rivals Tan Chih-chun, Lin Zih-hsiang and Tai Yu-hwan in straight sets 6-0 (57-50, 58-56, 58-54).In the compound event, former World Youth champion Priyansh and reigning Asian Games gold medalist Jyothi Surekha Vennam reached their respective individual semi-finals and remain in medal hopes.
After receiving a first-round bye in the season-opening tournament, the second-seeded men's recurve team recovered from a first-set loss to defeat the 15th-seeded Indonesians 5-3 (55-56, 54-54, 55-51). Gave. ,55-55). 53) In their complex initial struggle.
They were back to their best against seventh-seeded Spain as they managed just one point (60) before winning 5-1 (59-54, 56-55, 55-55) to book a place in the semi-finals. Could do it. 59) Was starting to lose.
The Indian women's team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakta and Bhajan Kaur, who finished sixth in the qualifiers, had a poor performance as they lost their opening match to Mexico after squandering a 3-0 lead.After getting a bye in the first round, the Indian women's team was leading 3–1 in the second set. But their scores were below average and they eventually lost 3- (50-50, 55-49, 51-54, 52-54).
Later, World Cup gold medalist Jyoti, who is seeded second, defeated teammate Avneet Kaur 143-142 in a tight contest to reach the semi-finals in the compound competition.
Young player Avneet gave a tough competition to her experienced partner and after being two points behind, reached 86th position at the third end.
She then scored two 10s, including an ace, on the center ring and took a 115–114 lead, but faltered in the final and ended up on the 8-ring.Jyoti sealed it with two X's and a nine. In the semi-finals on Saturday, Jyoti will face Miri-Martia Pas o Estonia.
It was a sad day for India's teenage defending world champion Adi Swamy as he lost 142-144 to top seed Andrea Becerra of Mexico in the quarter-finals.
14th seed Priyansh defeated Turkey's Batuhan Akcaoglu in a thrilling shoot-off to enter the last four, where he will face America's Nick Capers.
In the tiebreaker, both the archers were tied at 145-145.The 21-year-old Indian mustered up the courage to score two 10s to defeat Akcaoglu, who could only score 10 and 9.
Kappers defeated another Indian Prathamesh Phuge 149-147 in the quarter-finals.
Experienced Abhishek Verma bowed out in the second round after losing to France's Zia Philippe Baulch.
Fourth Indian Rajat Chauhan's campaign was ended by Priyansh in the second round.
This happened on a day when India was assured of at least two medals in the compound competition after both the men's and women's teams reached the finals.
The Indian recurve team, which qualified by defeating reigning world and Olympic champions South Korea, defeated Italy 5-1 (55-54, 55-55, 56-55) in the last four stage.
India will face South Korea's Tokyo Olympics gold medalist trio of Kim Woojin, Lee Woo Seok and Kim Jae Deok in the final to be held on Sunday.
The top-seeded Korean trio defeated their Chinese Taipei rivals Tan Chih-chun, Lin Zih-hsiang and Tai Yu-hwan in straight sets 6-0 (57-50, 58-56, 58-54).In the compound event, former World Youth champion Priyansh and reigning Asian Games gold medalist Jyothi Surekha Vennam reached their respective individual semi-finals and remain in medal hopes.
After receiving a first-round bye in the season-opening tournament, the second-seeded men's recurve team recovered from a first-set loss to defeat the 15th-seeded Indonesians 5-3 (55-56, 54-54, 55-51). Gave. ,55-55). 53) In their complex initial struggle.
They were back to their best against seventh-seeded Spain as they managed just one point (60) before winning 5-1 (59-54, 56-55, 55-55) to book a place in the semi-finals. Could do it. 59) Was starting to lose.
The Indian women's team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakta and Bhajan Kaur, who finished sixth in the qualifiers, had a poor performance as they lost their opening match to Mexico after squandering a 3-0 lead.After getting a bye in the first round, the Indian women's team was leading 3–1 in the second set. But their scores were below average and they eventually lost 3- (50-50, 55-49, 51-54, 52-54).
Later, World Cup gold medalist Jyoti, who is seeded second, defeated teammate Avneet Kaur 143-142 in a tight contest to reach the semi-finals in the compound competition.
Young player Avneet gave a tough competition to her experienced partner and after being two points behind, reached 86th position at the third end.
She then scored two 10s, including an ace, on the center ring and took a 115–114 lead, but faltered in the final and ended up on the 8-ring.Jyoti sealed it with two X's and a nine. In the semi-finals on Saturday, Jyoti will face Miri-Martia Pas o Estonia.
It was a sad day for India's teenage defending world champion Adi Swamy as he lost 142-144 to top seed Andrea Becerra of Mexico in the quarter-finals.
14th seed Priyansh defeated Turkey's Batuhan Akcaoglu in a thrilling shoot-off to enter the last four, where he will face America's Nick Capers.
In the tiebreaker, both the archers were tied at 145-145.The 21-year-old Indian mustered up the courage to score two 10s to defeat Akcaoglu, who could only score 10 and 9.
Kappers defeated another Indian Prathamesh Phuge 149-147 in the quarter-finals.
Experienced Abhishek Verma bowed out in the second round after losing to France's Zia Philippe Baulch.
Fourth Indian Rajat Chauhan's campaign was ended by Priyansh in the second round.
