India clinched a silver medal in the men’s recurve team event at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 after the trio of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Atanu Das went down 1-5 to China in the final on Sunday. This was India’s third medal of the season-opening event, with a fourth one still in sight as Dhiraj remained in contention in the men’s recurve individual event slated later in the day. Earlier, India had secured a gold in the compound mixed team event and a bronze in compound men’s team. Abhishek Verma narrowly missed out on a podium, finishing fourth in the compound men’s individual section.

In the recurve team gold medal clash, both India and China began evenly, sharing the first set 1-1 with identical scores of 54.

The Indian trio had two 10s and two 9s, but faltered with a pair of 8s that proved costly.

The Chinese team of Li Zhongyuan, Kao Wenchao, and Wang Yan stepped up in the second set, hitting four 10s to take a 3-1 lead.

India, meanwhile, again slipped into the red ring with another 8, losing the set 55-58.

Needing to win the third set to stay alive, the Indian team once again stumbled, managing only 54 as China edged them out 55-54 to seal the gold. China also bagged the bronze.

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