
Ahmedabad, Sept. 7 -- India sealed multiple finals assuring a string of medals across recurve, compound and W1 events to enjoy a productive outing on the third day of the World Archery Para Series (Stage III) here on Monday.
In the visually impaired 1 category, Tanvi Pravin Ingale settled for a silver medal after losing 4-6 to Cyprus' Christos Misos in the final.
Yugal Garg defeated compatriot Pawan Kumar to win a bronze medal in the category.
Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi defeated China's Xia Lei and Zhu Wenjian 5-1 to enter the final of the para recurve men's team event and confirm another medal for India.
The Indian duo will face third-seeded Slovakia in the gold medal clash.
India also booked a place in the final of the para recurve women's team event after Bhawna and Pooja defeated their Iranian counterparts 6-2. They will face China in the gold medal match.
India confirmed a third medal in the recurve mixed team event when Harvinder and Bhawna defeated Indonesia's pairing 6-0 in straight sets to book their place in the final. The Indian duo will face China in the gold medal clash.
The compound men's team of Shyam Sunder Swami and Toman Kumar also assured India another medal by advancing to the final.
Swami and Toman beat China's Bao Yirui and Feng Yue 154-153 and will face seventh-seeded Iraq in the gold medal match.
The compound women's team of Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag narrowly missed out on a place in the final after losing to Kazakhstan 151-152.
They will now face China in the bronze medal match.
India also lost a closely fought compound mixed team shoot-off against China after the two sides were locked at 156-156.
The shoot-off was tied 20-20, with China advancing after
winning on the basis of the arrow being closer to the centre.
In the W1 mixed team (recurve/compound) event, Swati Chaudhary and Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari got the better of China's Jin Huan and Yang Xupeng 6-2 to enter the final and confirm another medal for India.
In the W1 men's team event, India finished third among the three competing teams.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.