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Indian Compound Archers finish medal-less at Antalya World Cup

Indian Compound Archers finish medal-less at Antalya World Cup

India’s compound archers continued their poor run as they failed to win a single medal at the 2026 Antalya Archery World Cup in Türkiye on Friday. The last four Indians in contention, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur, T. Ganesh Mani Ratnam, and Kushal Dalal, all crashed out in the round of 32 of their respective individual events. The veteran Jyothi suffered a rare early exit, losing 144-146 to Denmark’s experienced campaigner Tanja Gellenthien, while Parneet bowed out 145-147 to Spain’s Alexa Olivares. Debutant T. Ganesh went down 143-147 to former world champion Nico Wiener of Austria, while Kushal, despite a spirited fight, lost a high-scoring thriller 148-149 to Türkiye’s Emircan Haney. Dhiraj Bommadevara was the only Indian archer to reach the final four on the day, defeating Italy’s Massimiliano Mandia 6-2 in the men’s recurve individual event. He will compete for a medal on Sunday, beginning with a semi-final clash against Germany’s Moritz Wieser, who had earlier defeated India’s Neeraj Chauhan in the round of 16. In the women’s recurve, Deepika Kumari enjoyed the best …

India tops medal tally, wins five gold medals

India tops medal tally, wins five gold medals

Indian archers had a fabulous outing at the Asia Cup Stage – 1 in Bangkok, Thailand. They won 8 medals, including 5 gold, to top the medal tally on Saturday. Kushal Dalal in the men’s compound whereas Basanti Mahato and Vishnu Chaudhary in their respective women’s and men’s recurve categories clinched the individual gold medals. Kushal and Vishnu also won the gold medals in their respective team events to take the Indian gold tally to five. Overall, the Indian contingent won 8 medals – 5 Gold, 2 silver, and one bronze. The day started with the men’s compound team winning the gold medal. The World U21 record-holder Indian team of Kushal, Manav Jadhao, and Ganesh Mani doubled their delight by winning the gold medal. Incredible comeback by Basanti Basanti had a tough outing in the women’s recurve final as she lost the first two sets against You-Jhou Fong of Chinese Taipei but then she made an outstanding comeback to win the third set with a Perfect 30. She continued this momentum and won the final …