KOLKATA: Indian archers claimed four medals -- three silver and one bronze to finish joint third with Iran in the
Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament
Stage 3 event that concluded in Taipei on Tuesday.
The scheduled four-day event was reduced to a two-day affair by the organisers to avoid the incoming super typhoon Maria.
Divya Dhayal became the only individual medal winner for the country when she clinched the silver medal in the women’s compound category on the last day of the competition.
Divya, who qualified sixth, got past Hong Kong’s Pui Shum Kit 145-135 in the first round and Philippines’ Jennifer Chan 141-135 before clashing with her toughest rival Korean third seed Yun Soon Song in the quarterfinals which she eventually won via shoot-off.
In the semis, she had it relatively easy against Thailand’s ThaKanayee Maneesombatkul winning 144-141, but faltered at the final hurdle against local star Ting-Ting Wu 141-144.
All the other medals came in the recurve team events. The men’s team of
Shukmani Babrekar
,
Dhiraj Bommadevara and Gora Ho eased past Saudi Arabia 5-1 in the quarters and thrashed Japan 5-3 in the semis. However, they were blown away before a strong Korean opposition to lose the final 1-5 and settled for a silver.
The women’s recurve trio of Ridhi, Rajendra Sakshi and Prachi Singh who dominated Iran to win 5-1 lost 0-6 to Chinese Taipei in the semis. However, they got the better of Japan in the bronze medal playoff match 6-2.
Ridhi and Shukmani Babrekar paired up in the recurve mixed event to win another silver for the country after they lost to Korea 1-5 in the final.
The 16-member Indian team ended their campaign behind toppers Korea (14) and hosts Chinese Taipei (5).