Shortly after the addition of the event for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic program, the compound mixed team from the Central Florida World Cup Stage 1 in Aurburndale on Friday had some good news. Jyothi Sarekha Venam and Rishabh Yadav, who were 5th seed based on their merit score, defeated Spain (156–149), Denmark (156–154), and Slovenia (159–155) in a knockout round to set up a final against Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
On Thursday, a jet-lagd Dhirj Bomadwara, who landed in the US a few hours before the competition due to visa issues, directed the Indian men’s recurve team in the final. The fifth seeded Indian team, including veteran pracharaks Tarundip Rai and Atanu Das, defeated Spain 6–2, with a third seeded in the gold medal match against China.
The Indian women’s compound archery side was forced to remember the season -opening World Cup Stage 1 event in the USA due to a visa delay, a shock that “the team costs a medal, national coach Jivanjot Singh Teja believes that Dhamangonkar and Taniparthi Chick – Flourida, Florida, furious to secure their American visa, florid Were.
“This was a certain shot medal,” Teja, who could not travel to the USA himself, told PTI. The Indian men’s campus team of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Dotel and Rishabh Yadav on Wednesday saved some pride by winning a bronze medal.
Teja said that the Archery Association of India had abandoned the possible delay and worked fast by applying for the visa three months ago. “We conducted the selection tests three months ago, and after the announcement of the squad, we applied for the US visa. We knew about the appointment backlog,” Teja said. Despite the efforts and follow-up with the US Embassy and later with the Ministry of Sports, Visa appointments came too late-7 April-and the visa was released on 8 April, by which compound competition had started by the time the compound competition had started.
(With PTI input)
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