India, Sept. 27 -- Topped qualification rounds, joint world record scores, and an all-win elimination round day - Indian archers have made a positive start to their Asian Games campaign.

The compound and recurve teams, as well as the mixed teams of both disciplines, stormed into the semi-finals on Sunday after solid wins in the elimination rounds on what turned out to be a perfect day for Indian archery.

Now comes the more challenging part: turning the solid start into silverware, and, in the case of compound where India are defending five gold medals, good medals.

The mixed event holds more significance at these Asian Games, for it offers Olympic spots for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, even in compound that will debut in LA.

India have...