The women’s recurve team of Deepika Kumari, teenager Gatha Khadake and Ankita Bhakat entered the bronze medal playoffs at the World Archery Championships here on Tuesday but the men made a shocking first-round exit and the compound archers failed to add more to their tally of two medals.
The third-seeded Indian trio secured back-to-back wins before losing to Japan 2-6 in the semi-finals. India will now face South Korea for the bronze, aiming for their first women’s team medal at the World Championships since 2015.
In contrast, the men’s recurve team endured a disappointing outing. Seeded ninth, the trio of Neeraj Chauhan (670, 36th seed), Olympian Dhiraj Bommadevara (669, 39th) and Rahul (657, 62nd) slumped to a shock first-round defeat to 24th seeds Denmark.
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