Asian Games 2023: The Indian men's archery team of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke clinched a Silver medal for India at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The Indian trio bagged the second prize in the Recurve Men's Team Gold Medal Match after going to the Republic of Korea 5-1 in straight sets. This is India's 90th medal at the Games after the women's team brought a Bronze medal in Sepaktakraw.
The Indian trio scored a total of 167 points, while the Korean team registered 173 points. India had 9 arrows of perfect 10, while the Koreans had 12 arrows of the maximum range. The Indians lost the first set 60-55 with the Koreans hitting a perfect set. They came back in the second one but could manage to tie it, sharing a point with the Korean trio to make it 3-1. In a do-or-a-die contest, the Indian archers scored 55, while the Korean stars got one better at 56 to take the Gold home.
Das, Dhiraj, and Shelke started the day in their men's recurve team event with a nail-biting win over Mongolia. The trio won the closely fought contest 5-4 in a shoot-out after the four sets failed to separate the two sides. They hit 28 in the shoot-out, while Mongolia shot 26.
In the semifinal, India were greeted with the Bangladesh challenge. The Indians were on top of their game as they scored 58 and 57 to win the first two sets. Bangladesh made a comeback as they won the third set but that was enough to trigger the Indians. They hit 57 in the final set to stay level with Bangladesh and bagged the final set and the match.
