Archer Komalika in final of Youth World Championships

Wroclaw, Aug 12: Promising Indian archer Komalika Bari, who is the reigning under-18 recurve world champion, remained in hunt for a successive title at under-21 level by sailing into the final of the Youth World Championships here on Thursday.
India also secured a second medal when Sakshi Chaudhary entered the compound junior women’s final, while her teammate Rishabh Yadav kept himself in line for a bronze.
Returning to junior age group two years after she became cadet world champion at Madrid, Komalika dropped two sets to overcome Casey Kaufhold of the USA 6-4 (28-27, 25-28, 28-26, 25-30, 29-25).
The sixth seed Komalika will take on fourth seed Elia Canales of Spain on Sunday in her bid to become junior world champion and emulate the feat of Deepika Kumari.
World number one Deepika is the only Indian to have won successive cadet and junior titles (in Ogden 2009 and Legnica 2011).
In the compound junior women’s individual section, eighth seed Sakshi pipped American Anna Scarbrough 144-142 to set up a final clash against Amanda Mlinaric of Croatia.
Rishabh, who lost to Robin Jaamta of Estonia 147-146 in the compound junior men’s individual semi-final, will take on Sebastian Garcia of Mexico in the bronze play-off. (PTI)