Verma bags historic silver in Archery World Cup Final

Mexico City, Oct 25:
Delhi lad Abhishek Verma has bagged India’s first ever ‘Archery World Cup Final’ medal in the compound section when he won a silver after being pipped by Turkey’s Demir Elmaagcli in the summit clash here.
26-year-old Verma, an Asian Games individual silver medallist, capped an impressive campaign when he dealt a perfect 150 on giant killer Mario Cardoso in the semifinals but only to go down 143-145 in the gold medal match against Elmaagcli to settle for a silver.
India will be hoping for another medal from Deepika Kumari, a three-time World Cup Final silver medalist (2011-13), as she will be making a return in the showpiece event.
Seeded sixth, Deepika will open her campaign against Korean third seed Kawanaka Kaori in the quarterfinals.(PTI)

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