India strikes Gold in World Cup Archery

Shanghai (China) , Sept 4 : The Indian men’s recurve team of Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee won the gold medal beating Japan 224-220 in the final at the Archery World Cup Stage IV in Shanghai on Saturday.

The Indian trio ousted the Japanese team of Ryota Amano, Takaharu Furukawa, Hidekl Kikuchi in 224-220 to finish atop the pole.

India was leading Japan 57-54 at the end of the first half and built on it to make it 113-108 in the second end.

Japan was better in the third end (56-55) and both teams finished in a tie of 56-56 for their last arrows.

However, India rode on the fine show in the first ends to clinch the gold medal.

The men’s team had returned empty-handed from the World Cup Stage III at Ogden after losing the quarterfinal to then hosts USA.

Indian’s win boosted the archers ahead of the Commonwealth Games, claimed an official of Archery Association of India accompanying the squads of men and women.