Prithviraaj Yodhas, meanwhile, stunned the unbeaten Royals, beginning the game with a 76-74 win in the first set as the experienced compounder and captain Abhishek Verma led from the front.
Sheetal shines, but recurve concerns linger in Indian Archery 2025
American great Brady Ellison believes India's archers are always "in hunt" for that elusive Olympic medal.
Top archers to compete for six franchises; Jyoti, Deepika, Dhiraj top Indians in inaugural APL
There will be no South Korean participation in the inaugural Archery Premier League, denying Indian archers a chance to "test" themselves against their biggest nemesis in the world's first-ever franchise competition in the sport.
India's men's and women's recurve archery teams bowed out of medal contention at the World Cup Stage 2 in Shanghai on Thursday, the men finishing fourth and the women exiting in the pre-quarter-finals.
Indian Archery League set for October launch; Lee gets SAI approval as India coach
Indian archery endured a forgettable outing at Stage 3 of the World Cup in Antalya, Turkey on Saturday, returning empty-handed in a performance that raised serious questions over team selection, preparation and mental fortitude, especially with the Asian Games just a year away.
The archery duo of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara agonisingly finished fourth at the Paris Olympics, losing the bronze medal match 2-6 to the USA.
The Indian trio of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar clinched the men's team recurve gold medal with a 218-214 win over the US in the final of the World Cup archery (Stage II) in Antalya, Turkey.
India bagged a silver and a bronze medal in the men's recurve section at the Indoor Archery World Cup in Singapore on Monday.
The results of Indian athletes participating in the Olympics on Day 5.
The compound mixed pair of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and her debutant partner Ojas Deotale cruised into the final to confirm a second medal for India in the Archery World Cup.
It was a disappointing day for the Indians at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 as ace archer Deepika Kumari made a quarter-final exit, while others failed to progress beyond pre-quarterfinal stage at Medellin, Colombia.
Indian pair of Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari faltered against American Olympic medalists Brady Ellison and Khatuna Lorig in the mixed section semifinals of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 being held in Medellin, Colombia.
South Korea's Kim Woo-jin made the most of perfect shooting conditions to set a 72-arrow world record in the Olympic archery at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Friday and fire an ominous warning at challengers to his gold medal claims.
World No. 1 archer Deepika Kumari survived some anxious moments before getting past US teenager Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez 6-4 to sail into the pre-quarter-finals of the women's individual archery competition at the Tokyo Olympics, on Wednesday.
All but two women and four men among the Games' 128 archers agreed to participate, with data retained only in the form of archived TV footage.
Deepika managed to stay in the top 10 in the qualification round with a total score of 663.
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