Second World Cup title in a row for Verma and Co

The Indian archery compound team members Rajat Chauhan (left), Aman Saini and Abhishek Verma (right) celebrate their win over France

The Indian men's compound archery team on Saturday came from behind to prevail over France by two points in an intense finish to win the gold medal in successive World Cup stages.

Unheralded Mohan Bhardwaj also shared the limelight as he stunned reigning world champion Nico Wiener en route to winning a dream World Cup individual silver medal as Indian compound archers outshone their much-fancied recurve teammates.

India began the day with the men's compound team dishing out a superb fightback to prevail over France 232-230 to win the gold medal.

In a repeat of the Stage 1 final, the fourth-seeded men's team, comprising Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini and Rajat Chauhan, found itself trailing against its sixth-seed rivals in the first two ends. But riding on an immaculate finish in the third end, the trio sealed a 232-230 win to clinch the World Cup Stage 2 gold.

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