India finish with three gold medals at Archery Asia Cup

BANGKOK: Indian junior archers bagged three gold and three bronze medals to finish their Asia Cup Archery Stage 1 campaign on a high on Thursday.


Indian trio of Akash, Gora Ho and Gaurav Lambe defeated Mongolia's Adiyasuren Baasankhuu, Otgonbold Baatarkhuyag and Gantugs Jantsan 27-26 in the tie-breaker to clinch the third gold in the recurve category.

Earlier Promila Daimary defeated Natalia Erdynieva of Russia 7-3 to win a gold in the women's recurve individual where India also bagged bronze through Madhu Vedwan.

India had bagged a gold in the women's compound individual section where Muskan Kirar prevailed over Nadhirah Zakaria Sazatul of Malayasia 139-136 yesterday.

Muskan also ended up pocketing a second medal in the form of bronze when she along with Divya Dhayal and Mrinal Hiwrale defeated their Indonesian opponents - Sri Ranti, Dellie Threesyadinda, Nina Bonita Pereira Yurike - 227-221 in the third place playoff.

Madhu Vedwan and Gaurav Trambak Lambe also added to India's tally by winning bronze medals in the women's and the men's recurve events. Vedwan beat Mongolia's Altangerel Enkhtuya 6-5 while Lambe emerged victorious against Malaysia's Kamaruddin Haziq.

In the semifinals India had lost to eventual gold medalists Vietanam 224-227.

In the compound men's team, India's Gurjatinder Singh, Mayank Rawat and Aman Saini narrowly lost a bronze going down to Indonesia's Yoke Rizaldi Akbar, M Rindardo, Prima Wisnu Wardhana 229-230 in the third place playoff.

India's Aman Saini and Divya lost the compound mixed team bronze playoff to their Indonesians counterparts in the tie-break after they were locked 152-all.


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