WC: Indian archers bag two bronze

Paris: Indian recurve archers clinched two bronze medals in the men’s and women’s team events at the World Cup Stage 4, here on Thursday.

Indian men’s recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke defeated Spain’s Andres Temino, Yun Sanchez and Pablo Acha 6-2 (54-56, 57-55, 56-54, 57-55) in the bronze medal play-off.

The Indian trio lost out in straight sets 0-6 (54-56, 47-58, 55-56). The women’s team also met with a similar fate as they put up a sloppy show to be blanked 0-6 by their Chinese Taipei rivals

in the semifinal.