JAKARTA: India suffered two heart-breaking losses to South Korea in the the men’s and women’s compound archery finals to settle for a silver each at the Asian Games here today. Both the finals were fiercely contested.
While the women faltered in the final set, the men could easily blame their luck after the final went into a shoot-off with scores in the fourth set tied at 229-229. India and Korea shot 29 each in the shoot-off but the latter scraped via a measured win, which implies shots closest to the bull’s eye. Two archery medals were still more than welcome for India after the disappointment in recurve category. It was a perfect start to the men’s final from India as the team of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Aman Saini shot a maximum 60 to Korea’s 56 in the opening set. The shooting standards dropped in second set with India scoring 54, including an 8, to the opponents’ 58, levelling the final at 114-114. The third set went in India’s favour 58-56, giving them a much need two point advantage going into the final set. (PTI)
