World Cup Final: Deepika, Atanu lose bronze medal clashes; India return empty-handed

Star archery couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari misplaced their respective bronze medal matches as India capped a poor present, returning empty-handed from the World Cup Final.

In the absence of an Indian recurve coach, the couple struggled beneath chilly and overcast situations in Yankton on Friday.

Das misplaced a one-sided bronze playoff to reigning Olympic champion Mete Gazoz of Turkey 6-0 (27-29, 26-27, 28-30). He doubled up as Deepika’s coach when the world quantity two misplaced within the shoot-off to Olympic group bronze-medallist Michelle Kroppen.

Making her eighth WCF look, world quantity two Deepika mis-fired a six to lose 5-6 (6-9) within the shoot-off.

Returning to motion after greater than two months following her quarterfinal exit on the Tokyo Games, an ideal set of 30 eluded the three-time Indian Olympian as her German rival stepped up early strain to cruise to a 4-0 lead.

Michelle drilled in excellent scores within the first two units (30-28, 30-29), whereas the third was a tie with each the archers capturing 28-all.

The world quantity 14 began to wobble within the fourth set, her arrow touchdown within the purple circle (8), as Deepika seized the chance to win the set by one level (28-27).

Down 3-5, Deepika collected one other 28 within the make-or-break fifth set to power a shoot-off.

But within the shoot-off, Deepika faltered capturing vast within the blue ring.

A winner of 4 silver medals and a bronze within the match, Deepika began off by defeating Olympic group silver-medallist Svetlana Gomboeva of Russia 6-4 within the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals, she misplaced to double Tokyo Olympics silver-medallist Elena Osipova of Russia 6-2.

Das started his marketing campaign with a 6-2 win over Germany’s Maximilian Weckmueller, solely to go right down to USA’s world primary Brady Ellison 2-6.

According to sources, Deepika’s childhood coach B Srinivas Rao was to affix the duo at Yankton however the plan was shelved on the final second.

“We had Lokesh Chand as compound coach, and Rao was to travel there but at last moment the plan was changed,” an official instructed PTI with out moving into specifics.

Earlier on Thursday, ace compound archer Abhishek Verma failed so as to add to his three World Cup Final medals, making a primary spherical exit with a loss to eventual silver medallist Braden Gellenthien of the USA.