Deepika misses two golds in World Cup
Deepika Kumari played two finals but had to settle for silver in both the events as Indian archers bagged three medals, including a bronze, in the first stage of the World Cup archery tournament in Shanghai.
In the mixed team final, Indian pair of Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar settled for silver after losing to strong American team of Brady Ellison (world no.1) and Khatuna Lorig (Olympic medallist). The Indian pair secured 146 points while the winners managed 154.
In the individual event, Deepika needed a 10 in the final set to win gold but she shot eight to settle for silver. She scored 29, 27, 29, 28, 26 in five sets against 27, 28, 28, 29, 27 by Korea’s Yun Ok-Hee, who took the gold.
On Friday, the compound women trio of Gagandeep Kaur, Trisha Deb, P.Lily Chanu won bronze medal, defeating Italy 228-223.
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India lose to china in sudirman cup
Kuala Lumpur, May 19: India suffered a 0-5 thrashing at the hands of formidable China in their opening group match of the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship here on Sunday.
Only P.V. Sindhu could offer a semblance of a fight in her 21-19, 16-21, 14-21 loss in the women’s singles loss to Wang Yihan while the four other Indians were outclassed by the Chinese at the Putra Stadium.
Without top shuttler Saina Nehwal, it was going to be tough for India but Sidhu displayed a brilliant performance against Wang Yihan. Sidhu won the opening game and looked like there could be an upset on the card but the world number 13 Indian lost the plot later on to go down fighting in one hour and six minute match.
— PTI
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