Aditi Swami, the current under-18 and senior World Archery Champion, expressed her joy 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 key to their successes last season and is attending a camp in India.
The Indian women will be competing against Italy in the final shoot-off after Kazakhstan’s 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 won a tiebreak against France to secure their spot in the final with Mike Schloesser, Sil Pater and Stef Willems shooting three perfect X-ring 10s.
Schloesser, who is currently ranked number one in archery world expressed surprise at the result considering they entered the bracket as underdogs. The competition in Shanghai continues this afternoon with recurve qualifying as Kazakhstan women’s team and Korean men’s team secured bronze medals at the end of the session.