<p>Indians figured in three finals and one bronze medal play-off in the recurve section events held on Friday, but in none of them could they register a win on the penultimate day, according to information received here.<br /><br />The country’s gold medal hope now rests with the women’s trio of Jhano Hansdah, Gagandeep Kaur and Manjudha Soy, who have made it to a World Cup final in the compound section for the first time. They will take on hosts Erika Anschutz, Christie Colin and Jamie van Natta in the summit clash.<br /><br />The women’s recurve team of Deepika, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro began the campaign on a sorry note when they lost to Ukraine 210-213. Ukraine became India’s nemesis yet again when the fancied men’s recurve trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Thupuvoyi Swuro and Viswash lost by an identical margin in the bronze play-off.<br /><br />Deepika, the 17-year-old Ranchi girl, was overwhelmed by top seed Ming Cheng of China in the women’s recurve final. In the mixed recurve final, Deepika and Talukdar began the first end with a three point (36-33) lead over Miranda Leek and Brady Ellison. <br /><br />oth the finalists shot 37 each in the final end, which was enough for Miranda and Ellison to clinch the yellow metal defeating the duo of Deepika-Talukdar 145-136. In the women’s recurve final, Deepika and Ming were locked 27-27 in the first set and the second was a similar script with both tying 25-25.<br /><br />But Ming changed the course of the match from the third set to open up a 4-2 lead. The Chinese maintained her composure in the final set as Deepika could not match up to Ming to go down 2-6.</p>
<p>Indians figured in three finals and one bronze medal play-off in the recurve section events held on Friday, but in none of them could they register a win on the penultimate day, according to information received here.<br /><br />The country’s gold medal hope now rests with the women’s trio of Jhano Hansdah, Gagandeep Kaur and Manjudha Soy, who have made it to a World Cup final in the compound section for the first time. They will take on hosts Erika Anschutz, Christie Colin and Jamie van Natta in the summit clash.<br /><br />The women’s recurve team of Deepika, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro began the campaign on a sorry note when they lost to Ukraine 210-213. Ukraine became India’s nemesis yet again when the fancied men’s recurve trio of Jayanta Talukdar, Thupuvoyi Swuro and Viswash lost by an identical margin in the bronze play-off.<br /><br />Deepika, the 17-year-old Ranchi girl, was overwhelmed by top seed Ming Cheng of China in the women’s recurve final. In the mixed recurve final, Deepika and Talukdar began the first end with a three point (36-33) lead over Miranda Leek and Brady Ellison. <br /><br />oth the finalists shot 37 each in the final end, which was enough for Miranda and Ellison to clinch the yellow metal defeating the duo of Deepika-Talukdar 145-136. In the women’s recurve final, Deepika and Ming were locked 27-27 in the first set and the second was a similar script with both tying 25-25.<br /><br />But Ming changed the course of the match from the third set to open up a 4-2 lead. The Chinese maintained her composure in the final set as Deepika could not match up to Ming to go down 2-6.</p>