Antalya, June 9:
The recurve archers continued their woeful run to crash out of the World Cup Stage II here today, leaving India to restore pride in the non-Olympic compound section where they stand a chance to win three bronze medals.
Former world number one Deepika Kumari proved to be the biggest disappointment as the women’s recurve top seed made a round four exit after losing to 16th seed Lin Shih-Chia of Taipei 5-6.
Locked 5-5 after four sets, Lin clinched the issue in the shoot-off with her arrow closest to the centre.
Olympian Atanu Das was eliminated in round three with a 6-2 loss to Malaysia’s Muhammad Akmal Nor Hasrin.
It was unheralded Dhaniram Basumatary, who fared better and progressed to the quarterfinals, where he was crushed by Jean-Charles Valladont of France 6-0.
It’s been a year when the recurve archers last won a World Cup medal — in Stage III in Antalya in 2016 when Das and Deepika had won a silver in mixed pair. (PTI)
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