July 28, 2015 5:10 PM

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Indian women archery team earns Olympic berths

Indian women's recurve team earned Olympic quota for 2016 Rio Games while the men's trio failed to advance after squandering a handsome lead at the archery World Championships, in Copenhagen, Denmark today. Pitted against seventh seed Germany, Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, Laxmi Rani Majhi and Rimil Buriuly showed nerves of steel to bounce back from 1-3 to coast to a 5-3 win and make the last eight, the yardstick for making the Olympics cut. The experienced men's team of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar however had heart break as they squandered a 4-2 lead before losing 26-29 to second seed Italy in a thrilling tiebreaker. Banerjee, Talukdar and Champia can still earn individual berths by finishing among 32 when the individual section gets underway tomorrow. In the quarterfinal, the 10th seed Indian women's team will now face Colombia.

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