April 29, 2016 8:51 PM

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Indian women recurve team to clash with Chinese Taipei for Gold medal in first stage of Archery World Cup

Indian women recurve team have set up a gold medal clash with Chinese Taipei in the first stage of Archery World Cup. At the Yuanshen Stadium in Shanghai today, the trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi shocked top seed Germany 5-3 in the semi-final. Seventh seed Chinese Taipei thrashed higher-ranked Russia 6-0 in the other semifinal. India also remained in medal hunt in the men's team and mixed pair in the recurve section. The recurve men's team of Atanu Das, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia were pipped by second-seed Netherlands 5-4 in the shoot off 28-30 in the semi-finals. The third seeded Indian men's team will face now ninth seed Britain in the bronze play-off. All the recurve medals events will be held on Sunday, while tomorrow will be the compound finals. The Indian compound archers will return empty-handed after failing to progress to any medal round.

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