Aditi Swami, the reigning under-18 and senior World Archery Champion, expressed her delight at the success of their shooting process. She hopes that the Indian men and women can replicate the victory they achieved at the World Cup in Paris last year, where they both won team gold medals. The Indian team lineup includes Swami, Asian Games Champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and Parneet Kaur. However, they are currently without their coach, Sergio Pagni, who was instrumental in their successes last season and is attending a camp in India.
In the final, the Indian women will face off against Italy, who defeated Kazakhstan in a semifinal shoot-off after the scores were tied at 227 points. Marcella Tonioli from the Italian team acknowledged that there were some errors made during the match, but overall it was a good competition. The 10th seeded Dutch men also secured their spot in the final by winning a tiebreak against France. Mike Schloesser, Sil Pater, and Stef Willems shot three perfect X-ring 10s to secure their victory.
Schloesser was surprised by the result considering they entered the bracket as underdogs. The Kazakhstan women’s team and Korean men’s team both secured bronze medals at the end of the session. The competition in Shanghai continues this afternoon with recurve qualifying.
