Indian sports wrap, April 11: Jyothi only bright spot in individual events at Archery World Cup Stage-1 ARCHERY
Indian archers disappoint
Indian archers had a lacklustre show in individual competitions as none could make it to the medal rounds at the Archery World Cup Stage-1 in Puebla, Mexico.
V. Jyothi Surekha – who toppled World champion and World No.1 Andrea Becerra (146-146, 10*-10, shot closer to the target) of Mexico and World No.2 Ella Gibson of Great Britain in consecutive rounds – was the best among Indians as she made it to the quarterfinals before losing to another Mexican Dafne Quintero 143-149 in compound women’s event.
Among other notable Indian performers, Atanu Das and B. Dhiraj in recurve and Abhishek Verma and Ojas Deotale in compound reached the fourth round before crashing out.
The results:
Recurve:
Men: Atanu Das bt Raphael Armand (Fra) 6-2 (first round), bt Pablo Cha (Spn) 6-2 (second round), bt Willem Bakker (Ned) 6-2 (third round), lost to Lin Zih-Siang (Tpe) 4-6 (fourth round); Tarundeep Rai got a bye (first round), lost to Berkay Akkoyun (Tur) 2-6 (second round); B. Dhiraj got a bye (first round), bt Yashdeep Bhoge 6-2 (second round), bt Diego Collar (Spn) 6-2 (third round), lost to Matias Grande (Mex) 5-6 (10-10*, shot closer to the target) (fourth round).
Women: Ankita Bhakat got a bye (first round), bt Olivia Martin (USA) 7-3 (second round), lost to Zhu Jingyi (Chn) 4-6 (third round); Deepika Kumari got a bye (first round), lost to Caroline Lopez (Fra) 5-6 (7-9) (second round); Simranjeet Kaur got a bye (first round), bt Rebeca Rodriguez (Mex) 7-3 (second round), lost to Ana Vazquez (Mex) 2-6 (third round); Kumkum Mohod got a bye (first round), bt Urska Cavic (Slo) 6-0 (second round), lost to Fong You Jhu (Tpe) 2-6 (third round).
Compound:
Men: Abhishek Verma got a bye (first round), bt Wu Wei (Tpe) 149-144 (second round), bt James Lutz (USA) 147-147 (10*-10) (third round), lost to Nico Wiener (Aut) 146-146 (9-10) (fourth round); Ojas Deotale got a bye (first round), bt Alvaro Gutierrez (Spn) 149-143 (second round), bt Yen Tzu Hsiang (Tpe) 149-146 (third round), lost to Francois Dubois (Fra) 147-148 (fourth round); Kushal Dalal got a bye (first round), lost to Sebastian Garcia (Mex) 146-149 (second round); Sahil Jadhav got a bye (first round), lost to Julio Aragon (Arg) 147-148 (second round).
Women: Aditi Swami bt Sofia Paiz (Esa) 146-138 (first round), lost to Paige Pearce (USA) 145-146 (second round); Pragati got a bye (first round), lost to Katharina Raab (Ger) 146-149 (second round); V. Jyothi Surekha got a bye (first round), bt Andrea Becerra (Mex) 146-146 (10*-10) (second round), bt Ella Gibson (GBR) 148-146 (third round), lost to Dafne Quintero (Mex) 143-149 (fourth round); Madhura Dhamangaonkar bt Grace Chappell (Gbr) 143-141 (first round), bt Emine Oguz (Tur) 148-144 (second round), lost to Dafne Quintero (Mex) 145-147 (third round).
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Published on Apr 11, 2026
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Indian archers disappoint
Indian archers had a lacklustre show in individual competitions as none could make it to the medal rounds at the Archery World Cup Stage-1 in Puebla, Mexico.
V. Jyothi Surekha – who toppled World champion and World No.1 Andrea Becerra (146-146, 10*-10, shot closer to the target) of Mexico and World No.2 Ella Gibson of Great Britain in consecutive rounds – was the best among Indians as she made it to the quarterfinals before losing to another Mexican Dafne Quintero 143-149 in compound women’s event.
Among other notable Indian performers, Atanu Das and B. Dhiraj in recurve and Abhishek Verma and Ojas Deotale in compound reached the fourth round before crashing out.
The results:
Recurve:
Men: Atanu Das bt Raphael Armand (Fra) 6-2 (first round), bt Pablo Cha (Spn) 6-2 (second round), bt Willem Bakker (Ned) 6-2 (third round), lost to Lin Zih-Siang (Tpe) 4-6 (fourth round); Tarundeep Rai got a bye (first round), lost to Berkay Akkoyun (Tur) 2-6 (second round); B. Dhiraj got a bye (first round), bt Yashdeep Bhoge 6-2 (second round), bt Diego Collar (Spn) 6-2 (third round), lost to Matias Grande (Mex) 5-6 (10-10*, shot closer to the target) (fourth round).
Women: Ankita Bhakat got a bye (first round), bt Olivia Martin (USA) 7-3 (second round), lost to Zhu Jingyi (Chn) 4-6 (third round); Deepika Kumari got a bye (first round), lost to Caroline Lopez (Fra) 5-6 (7-9) (second round); Simranjeet Kaur got a bye (first round), bt Rebeca Rodriguez (Mex) 7-3 (second round), lost to Ana Vazquez (Mex) 2-6 (third round); Kumkum Mohod got a bye (first round), bt Urska Cavic (Slo) 6-0 (second round), lost to Fong You Jhu (Tpe) 2-6 (third round).
Compound:
Men: Abhishek Verma got a bye (first round), bt Wu Wei (Tpe) 149-144 (second round), bt James Lutz (USA) 147-147 (10*-10) (third round), lost to Nico Wiener (Aut) 146-146 (9-10) (fourth round); Ojas Deotale got a bye (first round), bt Alvaro Gutierrez (Spn) 149-143 (second round), bt Yen Tzu Hsiang (Tpe) 149-146 (third round), lost to Francois Dubois (Fra) 147-148 (fourth round); Kushal Dalal got a bye (first round), lost to Sebastian Garcia (Mex) 146-149 (second round); Sahil Jadhav got a bye (first round), lost to Julio Aragon (Arg) 147-148 (second round).
Women: Aditi Swami bt Sofia Paiz (Esa) 146-138 (first round), lost to Paige Pearce (USA) 145-146 (second round); Pragati got a bye (first round), lost to Katharina Raab (Ger) 146-149 (second round); V. Jyothi Surekha got a bye (first round), bt Andrea Becerra (Mex) 146-146 (10*-10) (second round), bt Ella Gibson (GBR) 148-146 (third round), lost to Dafne Quintero (Mex) 143-149 (fourth round); Madhura Dhamangaonkar bt Grace Chappell (Gbr) 143-141 (first round), bt Emine Oguz (Tur) 148-144 (second round), lost to Dafne Quintero (Mex) 145-147 (third round).
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Published on Apr 11, 2026
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