India To Battle For Historic Archery Medal After Mixed Team's Semi-final Loss

The duo of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara will face the loser of the second semi-final between United States and Germany for third place. India have never bagged an Olympic medal before, and this will be their shot at glory

Outlook Sports Desk

Updated on: 2 August 2024 7:17 pm

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India's Ankita Bhakat in action during the mixed team recurve archery quarter-finals at Paris Olympic Games 2024 on Friday (August 2). Photo: AP

The Indian mixed archery team will battle it out for a historic bronze medal after going down to South Korea in the Paris Olympics semi-finals on Friday (August 1). The duo of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara will face the loser of the second semi-final between United States and Germany for third place. (Medal Table | Schedule & Results | Full Coverage)

India have never bagged an Olympic medal before, and this will be their shot at glory. If they win, Ankita and Dhiraj will end the nation's 36-year wait for an Olympic medal in archery.

India's men's recurve trio of (left to right) Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai. - X/Archery Association of India

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Dhiraj and Ankita lost 38-36, 35-38, 37-38, 38-39 to their South Korean opponents Lim Sihyeon and Kim Woo-jin.

Earlier, Ankita and Dhiraj had produced an excellent performance to trump Spain 5-3 in the quarter-finals. They had defeated Indonesia 5-1 before that in the round of 16.