Asian Games: India wins Bronze in Women's Recurve team event; medal tally- 87

The trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur & Simranjeet Kaur beat Vietnam 6-2, to claim a bronze in the Asian Games, taking the medal tally to 87.

Hangzhou: The trio of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur & Simranjeet Kaur beat Vietnam 6-2, to claim a bronze in the Asian Games, taking the medal tally to 87. The Indian contingent is just 13 medals away from a century of medals.

• 🥉BRONZE GLORY FOR OUR RECURVE WOMEN🥉
  
  🇮🇳 #TOPScheme Archers Ankita Bhakat, and #KheloIndiaAthletes Simranjeet and Bhajan Kaur clinch the Bronze medal🥉, defeating Vietnam at the #AsianGames2022🏹🥳
  
  Proud of you all🤩 Keep Shining🌟#Cheer4India#JeetegaBharat#BharatAtAG22… pic.twitter.com/kTjWf5KxLM

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  🥉BRONZE GLORY FOR OUR RECURVE WOMEN🥉
  
  🇮🇳 #TOPScheme Archers Ankita Bhakat, and #KheloIndiaAthletes Simranjeet and Bhajan Kaur clinch the Bronze medal🥉, defeating Vietnam at the #AsianGames2022🏹🥳
  
  Proud of you all🤩 Keep Shining🌟#Cheer4India#JeetegaBharat#BharatAtAG22… pic.twitter.com/kTjWf5KxLM

  — SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 6, 2023

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  🥉BRONZE GLORY FOR OUR RECURVE WOMEN🥉
  
  🇮🇳 #TOPScheme Archers Ankita Bhakat, and #KheloIndiaAthletes Simranjeet and Bhajan Kaur clinch the Bronze medal🥉, defeating Vietnam at the #AsianGames2022🏹🥳
  
  Proud of you all🤩 Keep Shining🌟#Cheer4India#JeetegaBharat#BharatAtAG22… pic.twitter.com/kTjWf5KxLM

  — SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 6, 2023

The medal in recurve section at the Asian Games comes after a 13-year long wait.

Unfancied going into the continental showpiece, the fifth-seeded women's trio dropped a set to down their Vietnamese rivals Do Thi Anh Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi and Hoang Phuong Thao.

The Indians won the first set 56-52 but their opponents came back to win the second 56-55. In the third set, the Indian girls shot three 10s and three 9s for a score of 57 while Vietnam had two 9s, three 8s, and one 7 as they scored 50.

Both teams were erratic in the fourth and final set with the arrows landing in sixes and sevens. The Indians shot two 10s, one 9, two 8s, and one 6 while their opponents had managed only one 10, one 9, three 7s, and 8 for a total of 48, India thus winning the match 6-2 on set points.

The Indian contigent have registered seventh medal overall at the ongoing Asian Games. India has already won three team gold medals in compound, mixed, women's and men's sections.