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Poor start by Olympic hopefuls in archery

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Press Trust of India Kolkata

According to information received here, the women's compound team lost to Italy in the bronze play-off to end their campaign with only one medal -- the silver that was earned by the women's recurve trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekorvulo Swuro.

India had a poor ninth-place finish in the 12-team medal standings that was topped by the USA with five gold, one silver and one bronze, while Korea (2-0-1) and France (1-2-1) finished second and third respectively.

The London Olympics-bound trio of Deepika, Bombayla and Swuro had yesterday lost to their Korean counterparts in the team final to settle for a silver, India's only medal from the season opener.

 

  

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First Published: Apr 15 2012 | 4:15 PM IST

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