Indian Women's team grab silver at compound archery in Berlin as France takes gold
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Indian Women's team went on to claim themselves a silver medal at compound archery in Archery World Cup in Berlin as France claimed the gold medal. Trisha Deb, Jyoti Surekha, and Muskan Kirar formed the Indian women's team that have managed to grab silver after losing to France 229-228 in the final.
Wanting to grab this opportunity of conquering a gold, the trio had a very consequential start with a 59-57 lead over the opponent France in the finals. The team of France comprising Sophie Dodemont, Amelie
Unfortunately, India slipped in the third end. The French, taking the advantage of India's poor six and then an eight, continued to lead at 174-169. India remained incapable of adjusting the five-point lead of France, though they tried to fight back with a 59-60 in the fourth round. Hence, France claimed the gold by a margin of one point.
Earlier India had earned a thrilling win over top-seeded Turkey by a scoreline of 231-228 in the semifinals on Thursday, to clear their way to the finals. During the first two rounds in the event, India had defeated Great Britain and US respectively.
India Recurve mixed team could not manage to get any medals as they were overthrown in the quarter-finals 6-0 by Chinese Taipei. The mixed team of Abhishek Verma and Jyoti Surekha have hopes of bagging a bronze as they face Turkey on Saturday.
