Archery, World Cup Antalya: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Bhajan Kaur win bronze in recurve mixed team

The Indian recurve mixed team of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Bhajan Kaur produced a come-from-behind victory to win the bronze medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday.

The Indian duo, who had lost to eventual silver medallist South Korea in the semi-final, beat the Mexican team of Alejandra Valencia and Matias Grande 5-3 in the bronze medal match.

It was a nervy start for Bommadevara and Kaur who shot three 9s and one 8 in the first set to concede the points to Mexico. However, they came back strongly in the second set to shoot a perfect score of 40 (all four arrows scoring 10) and levelled the match at 2-all.

The third set saw both Bommadevara and Kaur begin with 9s, but then shot 10s (X) to take the lead at 4-2. The final set went down to the wire as both Kaur and Grande were accurate with their arrows. Valencia shot a 10 and 8 and Bommadevara held his nerve to close out the match with a 9 and finish the match with 5-3, sharing the points of the final set.

Later on in the day, Bommadevara will be in action along with Ankita Bhakat as they...

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