Archery
Archery World Cup Stage 3: Indian women's compound team reaches final
Indian women's compound team reached the final of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 final while the men's team lost the bronze medal match.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Praneet Kaur had previously clinched the women's compound archery team gold medal at the Asian Games. (Photo credit: World Archery)
Indian compound women's team continued their dominating run as they entered the final of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 on Wednesday in Antalya, Turkey.
The Indian team defeated hosts Turkey 234-227 in a one-sided semi-final to set up the final clash against Estonia on Saturday.
The Indian trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami, and Parneet Kaur has been dominant on the global stage and will eye their third gold medal.
The world number one Indian compound women's team, who had won successive gold medals in Shanghai and Yecheon World Cups in April and May this year.
Having qualified as top-seed, India got a bye into the quarters where they defeated El Salvador 235-227.
There was disappointment for the men's team of Priyansh, Abhishek Verma, and Prathamesh Fuge who lost their bronze medal match to France's Nicolas Girard, Jean Philippe Boulch, and Adrien Gontier by just one point (235-236).
The Indian team fought hard in both the semi-final and third-place matches after winning defeating Austria in the quarter-final and Germany in the first round.
India lost in shoot-off to hosts Turkey in the shoot-off in the semi-finals and then lost to France by just one point and missed a chance to get on the podium.
