Bangkok [Thailand], March 26 (ANI): India secured a pair of bronze medals on the Asia Cup Stage I archery event in Bangkok on Wednesday, with the ladies’s recurve crew and the boys’s compound crew ending on the rostrum after robust performances.
In response to Olympics.com, the Indian girls’s recurve trio of Ruma Biswas, Kirti and Ridhi produced a commanding show to defeat Malaysia 5-1 within the bronze medal match on the SAT Soccer Stadium in Bangkok. The crew had earlier completed third within the qualification spherical with a mixed rating of 1915, led by Ruma’s 650.
The Indian girls opened their marketing campaign with a 6-2 win over Chinese language Taipei within the quarter-finals however fell 5-1 to China within the semi-finals earlier than bouncing again to safe bronze.
Within the males’s compound crew occasion, Rajat Chauhan, Uday Kamboj and Rishabh Yadav edged previous Bhutan 234-232 in a carefully fought bronze medal conflict. The Indian trio had earlier defeated Chinese language Taipei 238-228 within the quarter-finals however suffered a slim 234-233 loss to Vietnam within the semi-finals.
India had dominated the compound males’s qualification spherical, ending on high with a rating of 2126. Rajat Chauhan led the standings with 712, whereas Rishabh Yadav (708) and Uday Kamboj (706) adopted carefully.
India’s medal prospects stay robust heading into the ultimate days of the competitors. The nation has already assured medals within the girls’s compound and males’s recurve crew occasions, with each groups set to compete in gold medal matches towards Kazakhstan on Friday.
The blended crew occasions are scheduled for Thursday, whereas the person finals may also conclude on Friday. Amongst particular person contenders, Tejal Rajendra Salve will compete for bronze in girls’s compound, whereas Prathamesh Jawkar and Uday Kamboj are set to face off in an all-India males’s compound closing. Rajat Chauhan might additional bolster India’s tally if he wins his bronze medal match.
Ridhi Phor may also be in motion within the girls’s recurve bronze medal match, although India may have no illustration within the males’s recurve particular person medal rounds.
India fielded a 16-member squad, comprising eight males and eight girls, throughout recurve and compound disciplines on the continental meet. (ANI)
