Asian Games 2023: India bags silver in men’s recurve team event, women wins bronze

The Indian men’s recurve team comprised of Olympian Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Tushar Shelke won the silver medal while the women’s team bagged the bronze medal in the ongoing 19th edition of the Asian Games archery events in Hangzhou on Friday.

The Indian men’s trio fell short against the Republic of Korea in the fight for gold in the final and settled for the silver medal. They lost 5-1 to the Korean team consisting of Le Wooseok, Oh Jinhyek, and Kim Je Deok.

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ARCHERY: India get Silver medal after losing to powerhouse South Korea 1-5 in Final of Men's Recurve Team event. #AGwithIAS #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames2022 pic.twitter.com/kbURWU0Esq

— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) October 6, 2023

All of the Korean team members were part of the gold medal-winning team at the archery world championships in Berlin earlier this year. Oh Jinhyek and Kim Je Deok were also part of the gold-winning men’s recurve squad from Tokyo 2020.

En route to the final, the Indian team won against Bangladesh 4-2 in the semi-finals after handing defeat to Mongolia 5-4 in the quarter-finals. On Monday, the Indian trio had smashed Hong Kong 6-0 in the league round of 16.

The Sports Authority of India extends the greeting to the recurve team for winning the silver by sharing a post on microblogging platform X, “A shiny #Silver from the talented trio of @ArcherAtanu, @BommadevaraD & Tushar Shelke! The fight against 🇰🇷 went strong. Well done Boys! Many congratulations”.

A shiny #Silver🥈from the talented trio of @ArcherAtanu , @BommadevaraD & Tushar Shelke!

The fight against 🇰🇷 went strong. Well done Boys! Many congratulations#AsianGames2022#Cheer4India#HallaBol#JeetegaBharat#BharatAtAG22 pic.twitter.com/G5avQGnbtJ

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 6, 2023

Meanwhile, Indonesia defeated Bangladesh 6-0 to secure the bronze medal.

Women wins bronze

The Indian women’s recurve team comprising Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, and Simranjeet Kaur handed a defeat to the Vietnamese team of Do Thi Anh Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi, and Phuong Thao Hoang 6-2 to clinch the bronze medal in the multisports event.

The Indian trio entered into the bronze medal clash after losing 6-2 to the Republic of Korea in the semi-finals. Earlier on Friday, the Indian team beat Japan, comprehensively by the scoreline of 6-2 in the quarter-finals to seal the spot in the last four.