<p> India clinched a bronze medal in the compound men’s team event to open their account in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 being held in Medellin, Colombia.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to information received here, Rajat Chouhan, Sandeep Kumar and Ratan Singh Khuraijam overcame a stiff resistance from the hosts to win 215-210 en route to the bronze medal on Saturday.<br /><br />The trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Biruly will aim for a gold in the women’s recurve team summit clash against the top-seeded Chinese. India has another medal chance in the recurve mixed team bronze play-off where Atanu Das and Deepika will fight it out against the Mexicans.<br /><br />In compound bronze medal play-off held under difficult windy conditions, the Indians were up against the home favourites Juan Carlos Carrasquilla, Camilo Andres Cardona and and José Carlos Ospina as there was a huge crowd cheering for the Colombian trio.<br /><br />But the Indian threesome began solidly out of the gate to take a 52-50 lead in the first end.<br /><br />The Colombians made a comeback in the second end with two perfect 10s for a cumulative 54 against Indians’ 50 to take the lead 104-102.<br /><br />Fresh from a mixed silver medal in the last World Cup in Antalya, Rajasthan lad Chouhan inspired the team to four perfect 10s en route to 56 as India snatched the lead 158-156 at the penultimate round.<br /><br />The Indians did not look back as the trio clinched the issue easily shooting 57 to deny the Colombians their first World Cup medal in the compound men’s category.<br /><br />The French men’s team won their first gold medal since 2008, while the US women defeated Colombia in a rematch of the Antalya World Cup.</p>
<p> India clinched a bronze medal in the compound men’s team event to open their account in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 being held in Medellin, Colombia.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to information received here, Rajat Chouhan, Sandeep Kumar and Ratan Singh Khuraijam overcame a stiff resistance from the hosts to win 215-210 en route to the bronze medal on Saturday.<br /><br />The trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Biruly will aim for a gold in the women’s recurve team summit clash against the top-seeded Chinese. India has another medal chance in the recurve mixed team bronze play-off where Atanu Das and Deepika will fight it out against the Mexicans.<br /><br />In compound bronze medal play-off held under difficult windy conditions, the Indians were up against the home favourites Juan Carlos Carrasquilla, Camilo Andres Cardona and and José Carlos Ospina as there was a huge crowd cheering for the Colombian trio.<br /><br />But the Indian threesome began solidly out of the gate to take a 52-50 lead in the first end.<br /><br />The Colombians made a comeback in the second end with two perfect 10s for a cumulative 54 against Indians’ 50 to take the lead 104-102.<br /><br />Fresh from a mixed silver medal in the last World Cup in Antalya, Rajasthan lad Chouhan inspired the team to four perfect 10s en route to 56 as India snatched the lead 158-156 at the penultimate round.<br /><br />The Indians did not look back as the trio clinched the issue easily shooting 57 to deny the Colombians their first World Cup medal in the compound men’s category.<br /><br />The French men’s team won their first gold medal since 2008, while the US women defeated Colombia in a rematch of the Antalya World Cup.</p>