Asian Games 2018: India assured of two silver medals in Compound Archery

India was assured of two more medals at the 18^th Asian Games after the men’s and women’s compound archery team progressed into the final on Sunday.

The men’s team who won the gold last year overcame Chinese Taipei 230-227 in the semi-final to once again set up a summit clash meet against South Korea, the same team they had defeated last year to win the gold.

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The trio of Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini, and Rajat Chauhan starred as India won the four-set encounter 57-57, 56-57, 55-58, 59-58 and will meet Korea in a repeat telecast of 2014. Enroute to the final they had beaten Qatar (227-213) and Philippines (227-226).

Meanwhile, the Indian women’s team who had returned with a bronze in 2014, took a step forward to assure themselves of a silver, they too like their male counterparts beat Chinese Taipei 225-222 and seal the final berth.

It was Chinese Taipei, however, who had begun well winning the first two games 55-58 and 55-57 before the Indian ladies bounced back and pocketed the next two 57-55, 58-52 to turn around the match in their favour, ultimately sealing a victory.

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They had earlier defeated the hosts Indonesia 229-224 in the quarter-finals.