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Indian men's archery team lose in gold medal match

August 28, 2018
The Indian men's archery team narrowly lost out on a gold medal after they lost in a shootout to South Korea in the gold medal match in the compound men's team archery event.

The final finished level at 229-229 after the four sets, taking the contest into a shoot-off where again the scores were level at 29-29. However, Korea were declared the winners on basis of most 10s shot during the final.

Earlier, Indian women's compound team signed off with a silver medal after losing to South Korea in the final.

The Indian team comprising Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, lost 228-231 to Korea in a contest that went down to the wire till the final set of arrows.
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