Archery: India win seven medals

THE Indian recurve archers once again failed to match the mighty Koreans and suffered one-sided losses to settle for two silver medals in the men’s and team events of the Asian Archery Championships in Dhaka.

The archers also bagged a bronze in the recurve mixed team event with an easy 6-0 win over Uzbekistan as India concluded their campaign at the continental showpiece with one gold, four silver and two bronze medals. In the last edition too, India had won seven medals (1-2-4), although the archers bettered the silver medal’s count this time.

The competition once again exposed the archers’ weakness against the Koreans in the recurve section, as they lost both their finals to their perennial nemesis which meant that India are yet to win a gold in the Olympic discipline since 2013.