Archery World Cup: India lose to China in males’s recurve group remaining
Rutvick Mehta Rutvick Mehta
Apr 13, 2025 10:14 PM IST
China defeated India 5-1 within the recurve males’s group remaining on the Archery World Cup Stage 1, securing silver for India and marking Das’s comeback.
Mumbai: A dynamic and impressed Chinese language trio stopped India’s quest for gold within the recurve males’s group remaining of the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Central Florida on Sunday. China, ranked fourth, wrapped issues up with a set in hand, successful 5-1 victory, as third-ranked India took silver.
The Indian group of Dhiraj Bommadevara — he landed within the USA within the nick of time for the event after visa delay — Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das had been a bit inconsistent in opposition to Li Zhongyuan, Kao Wenchao and Wang Yan, who cranked it up after a tied first set.
The silver was India’s third medal from the season-opening World Cup, after bronze by the compound males’s group and gold by the compound blended group, days after the occasion was included the 2028 LA Olympics a lot to the delight of the compound neighborhood.
The medal additionally marked a confidence-boosting return to the nationwide fold for Das. A part of India’s silver-winning group on the Hangzhou Asian Video games in 2023, the 33-year-old couldn’t come by means of the trials for the 2024 season. The 2-time Olympian missed the Paris Video games the place Pravin Jadhav took his place and the boys’s group crashed out within the quarter-finals.
Having rejigged his coaching and training setup, the archer from Kolkata returned and broke into the Indian group once more.
“Final 12 months was not so good for me in archery… I used to be determined to get again into the group, win medals for India, win medals for myself and enhance,” Das informed World Archery.
It was Das who discovered the primary 10 for India after a considerably shaky begin of 9 and eight by his teammates. Rai then hit 10 to place India in a superb place to take the primary set earlier than Das’s faltering 8 left them to share a degree and the primary set 54-54.
That’s when the Chinese language trio upped its recreation and physique language. With loads of chatter and vigour, China fired three 10s to kickstart the second set that solely Bommadevara might match. With a few 9s and one other 10, China put themselves out of India’s attain to march by means of the second set 58-55.
Underneath stress to remain alive, Bommadevara didn’t give the brightest begin to the third set as his 8 meant India had been enjoying catch up all by means of. Regardless of 10s from Rai and Das and solely a second 8 from the opponents’ bow, the set went China’s manner 55-54.
