Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 2 (ANI): India secured a silver medal within the males’s recurve crew occasion on the Asian Games 2026 after dropping 1-5 to South Korea within the ultimate right here on Friday, including one other medal to a memorable day for the nation’s archers.
Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Sanjay Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan had been unable to copy the ladies’s crew’s earlier upset over South Korea, because the Koreans’ consistency below stress proved decisive, in keeping with ESPN.
The opening set was intently contested, with each groups ending on 56 after India briefly held a two-point benefit following the primary rotation. Neeraj, Yashdeep and Dhiraj then mixed for a ten, 8 and 9 of their second rotation to degree the set.
South Korea took management within the second set, producing an ideal 30 of their opening rotation. India may handle solely 25 in response, with Neeraj, Yashdeep and Dhiraj capturing 9, 8 and eight respectively.
The Koreans completed the set with 57 whereas India ended on 50, giving South Korea a 3-1 lead.
India wanted to win the third set to remain alive, however South Korea maintained their composure. The groups had been degree at 28-28 after the opening rotation, earlier than Neeraj shot a 7 in India’s second rotation. Yashdeep adopted with a 9 and Dhiraj with a ten, taking India to 54.
South Korea required 27 factors to win the match and secured victory with scores of 10, 9 and 9 to complete on 56 and declare the gold medal.
The silver continued India’s robust run in recurve archery on the Aichi-Nagoya Games. Earlier within the day, Kumkum Anil Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma defeated South Korea 5-3 within the ladies’s crew ultimate to win India’s first-ever medal within the ladies’s recurve crew occasion on the Asian Games.
Kumkum and Dhiraj had additionally received silver within the blended recurve crew occasion after India misplaced 3-5 to China within the ultimate.
India had entered the boys’s recurve crew ultimate after defeating Iran 6-0 within the semifinal. Neeraj, Yashdeep and Dhiraj received all three units towards Iran, establishing the gold medal conflict with South Korea.
The males’s crew silver was India’s 71st medal on the Aichi-Nagoya Games, taking the nation’s tally to 12 gold, 25 silver and 34 bronze medals. India had been sixth within the medal standings on the time of writing.
India’s different medal-winning performances on Friday included Lovlina Borgohain’s gold within the ladies’s 75kg boxing occasion and Nethra Kumanan’s bronze within the ladies’s dinghy crusing occasion.
Wrestler Sujeet Kalkal additionally superior to the boys’s freestyle 65kg gold medal bout after gorgeous reigning Olympic champion and residential favorite Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan within the semifinal. (ANI)