India, Oct. 3 -- India captured its first individual men's recurve archery medal in 16 years as Neeraj Chauhan won the bronze medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday. In the all-India bronze clash between two of the country's silver-winning team members from a couple of days ago, Chauhan came out on top against his higher-seeded and more experienced compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4.

Chauhan was trailing by two sets, but with Dhiraj, who shot a low 7 at the start, being a touch inconsistent and Chauhan hitting all but one 10s across the last two sets, he rallied to win 29-26, 27-28, 28-29, 30-28, 29-28.

The 24-year-old from Meerut became only the second Indian male to win an Asian Games individual recurve medal after Tarundeep...