Indian archer Priyansh secured a silver medal for India at the ongoing Archery World Cup in Shanghai, on Saturday, in the men's individual compound event.
India made a strong start to their Archery World Cup in Shangai, securing five gold medals in the compound archery category on Saturday, with the men's and women's teams, singles compound competition and the mixed team competitions bringing in laurels for the country. Now, Priyansh has added to India's medal tally with a silver.
India's compound archers have finished their campaign with five medals, including four golds.
"Silver for Priyansh in the Men's Individual Compound #ArcheryWorldCup Stage 1 tournament in Shanghai! The archer lost the final 147-150 to Austria's Nico Wiener to finish as runner-up. With this Compound Archers finish their campaign with 4 gold, 1 silver. India's recurve contingent fights for glory tomorrow! #IndianArchery," tweeted Sports Authority of India (SAI) Media.
Earlier, Indian Asian Games and Asian Archery Championships gold medalist Jyothi Surekha Vennam continued her dream run at the ongoing Archery World Cup in Shanghai, securing her third gold medal, this time in the singles compound competition.
Team India continued its domination in the compound category as Deepika Kumari handed a 120-119 loss to Estonia's Meeri-Marita Paas in the semi-finals, moving to the finals.
South Korea will be hosting the second leg of the World Cup from May 21 to 26.
Based on the performances in the first two stages of the WC, the team for the third stage, taking place from June 18 to 23, in Antalya will be selected. The third stage of the World Cup will be the final qualification event for recurve archers ahead of the Paris Olympics in July.
