Maiden World Cup medal for Sahil Jadhav

KOLKATA: Unheralded Sahil Jadhav fetched the first medal for India in the Archery World Cup Stage II in Shanghai by bagging a bronze in the men’s compound event on Saturday. The 25-year-old Maharashtra archer finished on the podium in his third international tournament by beating Denmark’s veteran Martin Damsbo 147-144 in the bronze medal playoff match. Reigning World University Games champion Jadhav, who recorded his personal best of 711 in the ranking round to be seeded eighth, put up good challenge against his higher-ranked archers.However, he missed a final berth by falling short by just one point (146-147) against world No. 3 Nicolas Girard of France in the last-four clash. However, he made amends against 40-year-old Damsbo in his next match. Jadhav trailed by one point after the opening end.However, the youngster pulled things back in the second end, shooting a perfect 30 to gain a three-point advantage. He managed to hold on to that dropping just two points from his final nine arrows to seal a memorable victory.