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Yankton, Sep 25 (PTI): The Indian women’s and mixed pair compound archery teams signed off with silver medals after lop-sided losses to Colombia at the World Championships here.<\/p>\n
India were in pursuit of their first ever gold medal at the world event. For a country that doesn’t have a gold yet, India have climbed the most podiums at the event \u2014 10 \u2014, appearing in eight finals and leaving with silver each time.<\/p>\n
The star Indian mixed pair duo of Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, who stood fourth in the ranking round, started off with a one-point lead but thereafter it was a story of Colombian dominance. The Indians went down by a four-point margin (150-154).<\/p>\n
The seventh seeded women’s team of Jyothi, Muskan Kirar and Priya Gurjar, on the other hand, lost by a margin of five points (224-229) against the troika of Sara Lopez, Alejandra Usquiano and Nora Valdez.<\/p>\n
The Colombians, who topped the rankings, drilled in 15 perfect 10s with five Xs (closest to the centre).
\nLocked 58-58 after the opening end, the Indian women’s team failed to snatch a lead shooting twice in the red circle as their opponents gained a one-point advantage.<\/p>\n
There was no stopping the Colombians thereafter as they shot eight 10s from 12 arrows in the last two ends to win their third women’s title, and first since 2017.<\/p>\n
In the mixed pair event, India had a poor second end where they shot two 9s and one 8 to squander a one-point lead and lose the match by four points.<\/p>\n
The duo of Daniel Munoz and Sara, who stood second in the rankings, consolidated after the first end and shot a perfect 40\/40 in the third end to win their first ever mixed gold medal.<\/p>\n
Overall, the Colombian pair shot 10 perfect 10s from 16 arrows while the Indians were no match with just eight 10s.<\/p>\n
For Colombia, it reasserted their supremacy in compound archery taking their all-time gold medal count at the World Championships to four.<\/p>\n
India are also in contention for three medals in individual compound events with Verma and Jyothi slated to compete in their respective quarterfinals later on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ankita Bhakat is the lone archer in fray in the recurve competition and she will compete in her last-eight match on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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