Archery News

At Archery World Championships 2013, Belek Antalya, Turkey

Recurve Women's Individual
[R3] Dola Banerjee (IND) bt Lisa Unruh (GER) 6-0 (26-23 26-25 27-22)
[R3] Deepika Kumari (IND) l Mariana Avitia (MEX) 2-6 (25-28 26-26 21-22 26-26)

[R4] Dola Banerjee (IND) l Bo Bae Ki (KOR) 0-6 (23-26 23-27 23-27)

Recurve Men's Individual
[R3] Tarundeep Rai (IND) bt Yu Xing (CHN) 6-4 (25-26 27-29 29-22 29-27 28-25)
[R3] Kapil (IND) bt Simon Nesemann (GER) 6-4 (26-26 27-23 27-29 27-26 24-24)
[R3] Jayanta Talukdar (IND) l Luis Alvarez (MEX) 2-6 (23-19 23-29 22-26 24-27)

[R4] Tarundeep Rai (IND) l Jin Hyek Oh (KOR) 0-6 (25-29 25-29 24-25)
[R4] Kapil (IND) l DAI Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) 0-6 (24-26 24-25 22-24)

Compound Women's Individual
[R3] Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) bt Sophie Dodemont (FRA) 136-105

[R4] Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) l Gerda Roux (RSA) 118-130

Compound Men's Individual
[R3] Rajat Chauhan (IND) bt Dominique Genet (FRA) 139-137
[R3] Abhishek Verma (IND) l Adam Ravenscroft (GBR) 134-139

[R4] Rajat Chauhan (IND) bt Sergio Pagni (ITA) 137-136

[QF] Rajat Chauhan (IND) l Pierre Julien Deloche (FRA) 126-129

Recurve Women's Team
[R1] (12) India bt (5) Japan 165-161

[QF] (12) India l (4) Mexico 176-195

Recurve Men's Team
[R1] (2) India l (15) Ukraine 172-177

Totally disappointing day for Indians ... In individual event Deepika lost in the fourth round with poor shots against Mexican ... Only Rajat Chauhan reached in the quarters of Compound before losing to Frenchman.

In team event our both Recurve teams failed to raise to occasion and lost in first 2 rounds.