Continuing their dominance in a depleted field, Indian junior archers confirmed six more medals, including two gold, in the individual sections of the Asia Cup Stage 2 in Iraq on Monday. (More Sports News)
Having sealed six medals in team events on Sunday,ও the Indians did an encore in the individual sections r🐻iding on a superlative show by the compound archers.
Prathamesh Fuge, Rishabh Yadav and Jawkar Samadhan, who bagged th𝐆e top-three seeds, lived up to the qualification rankings to keep India in the hunt for a rare clean sweep in the compound men's individual sectio🌱n.
Top seed Fuge edged out Sergey Khristich🥂 of Kazakhstan in a thrilling shoot-off 143-143♔ (10*-10), by landing his arrow closer to the centre to make the final.
Fuge willౠ face teammate Yadav in the final. Yadav also t💜ook the tiebreaker route to the final, pipping his teammate Samadhan 146-146 (10-9).
India's hope for a clean sweep wi🌌ll rest on Sama💦dhan who will face Sergey in the bronze play-off.
In the compound women's individual sectio🍨n, top seed Parneet Kaur defeated Biswas Suma of Bangladesh 146-137 while Sakshi Chaudhary overcame Shamoli Ray of Bangladesh 143-140 to make it an all-Indian final.
♑In the recurve men's individual section,🌠 India assured at least a silver after sixth seed Mrinal Chauhan defeated his higher-ranked teammate Parth Salunkhe 7-3 in the semi-final.
Chauhan will take on fourth seed Ruman Shana of Bangladesh💃 in the final.
India will also have a shot at a bronze medal with former national champion Salunkhe up against topseed Amir🎶khan Sadikov of Uzbekistan in the third place play-off.
Bhajan Kaur pipped Bangladesh'♈s Beauty Ray 6-5 (8*-8) in the shoot-off to advance into the final in the recurve women's individual section.
Bh🐼ajan will face Diya Siddique of Bangladesh in theဣ gold medal bout.
India have s💦ent a junior side for the meet that is depleted by the absence of Asian heavyweights China, Chinese T🍷aipei and China.
