Archery World Cup 2023: India headed towards their fourth bronze medal

Abhinav Nair

Archery World Cup 2023: India headed towards their fourth bronze medal image

The third stage of the Archery World Cup is currently ongoing in Medellin, Colombia, with some of the best archers in the world competing.

India's recurve mixed team pairing of Tushar Shelke and Bhajan Kaur have qualified for a bronze medal clash with Chinese Taipei, which could potentially be the country's fourth at this stage of the Archery World Cup.

Shelke and Kaur first defeated France 6-0, before moving past the Netherlands with the same score, however, they failed to continue their winning run and went down to familiar nemesis Korea 0-6.

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Abhishek Verma advances to the semi-final

Earlier on Thursday, multiple World Cup gold medallist Abhishek Verma, who is making a comeback after missing the first two stages of the World Cup, stunned world number one and top seed Mike Schloesser 148-148 (10*-10) in a thrilling shoot-off to advance to the men's compound individual semifinal.

He will face Brazil's Lucas Abreu in the semi-final on Saturday, and hope to bag India's first silver at this stage.

Abhinav Nair

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Abhinav Nair is a content Producer for The Sporting News' India edition.