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Indian archers advance in Archery World Cup

Updated on: 09 May,2019 11:19 AM IST  |  Shanghai
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Indian recurve women team, who are seeded eighth, have got a bye into second round and will take on ninth seeds USA next. India have fielded their reserves for the second stage of the World Cup

Indian archers advance in Archery World Cup

Ankita Bhakat

Preeti will take on Naomi Folkard of Great Britain. In the men's recurve individual event, Vakilraj ousted higher ranked Denis Gankin of Kazakhstan 6-2 to advance to the third round where he will take on Matthew Requa of USA. In the recurve men's team event, the trio of Jagdish Choudhary, Chaman Singh and Sukhchain Singh breezed past their opponents from Iran in straight sets.


They will face Malaysia in the second round. Recurve mixed pair of Choudhary and Preeti bounced back from first set deficit to get the better of Ghenadi Iepuri and Madalina Amaiestroaie of Romania 6-2. They will take on USA in the second round. Indian recurve women team, who are seeded eighth, have got a bye into second round and will take on ninth seeds USA next. India have fielded their reserves for the second stage of the World Cup.

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