India archers make QF exit in compound events

Representation pic. Pic/iStock

The Indian men's and women's compound teams crashed out in the quarter-finals of the Archery World Cup Stage 2 on Wednesday. The third-seeded Indian women's team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Avneet Kaur lost to Turkey, seeded sixth, 228-231.

The fifth-seeded men's team of Ojas Deotale, Rishabh Yadav and Prathamesh Jawkar also went out of the medal race, going down to Mexico 231-234. The mixed pair of Deotale and Jyothi Surekha, the World Cup Stage 1 winners, still remain in the fray in the compound team event.

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Meanwhile, the recurve qualifications got underway where the female archers outshone their male counterparts. Simranjeet Kaur (seventh, 648 points) finished inside top-10, while teenager Bhajan Kaur was the next best among the Indians, securing 17th place (638).

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