The Indian men's recurve team, seeded eighth, started their campaign with a tough 5-3 victory (57-57, 56-58, 57-56, 58-51) against Chinese Taipei.
The Indian archers faced elimination at the hands of hot favourites Korea in the men's recurve team event quarterfinals at the World Cup Stage 1 in a manner similar to prior meetings.
The team, made up of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das, and Neeraj Chauhan, lost to the top-seeded Korean team, made up of Lee Woo Seok, Kim Je Deok, and Kim Woojin, by a lopsided score of 0-6 (54-55, 56-57, 54-59). The Indian archers tried their best, but they couldn't defeat their strong Korean foes.
Archery? World Cup Stage 2, Shanghai Update✅
Team ??'s performance in Recurve Individual Events!
In Men's qualification round, Dhiraj Bommadevara finished 13th with score of 656, Atanu Das finished 44th with 638 pic.twitter.com/oKo6BbHTHA
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Simranjeet Kaur, Avneet Kaur, and Ankita Bhakat, members of the Indian women's archery squad, lost against lower-ranked Indonesia with a score of 1-5 (54-57, 57-57, 50-52). Sadly, this defeat led to their disqualification from the race.