Archery World Cup: Jawkar settles for silver; Aditi, Jyothi make quarterfinals exit
The HinduPrathamesh Jawkar narrowly lost to another 20-year-old, Denmark’s Mathias Fullerton, in the compound men’s individual title clash to take the silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final in Hermosillo, Mexico. Jawkar, the gold medallist of the World Cup Stage 2 in Shanghai, showed good consistency to get past local favourite Miguel Becerra 149-141 in the quarterfinals and got a perfect score to topple World No.1 Dutchman Mike Schloesser 150-149, for the second time this season, in the semifinals. Against Fullerton, who ousted Abhishek Verma 150-147 in the last four, Maharashtra lad Jawkar trailed by one point in the first end but fought back to level the scores 119-119 in the fourth. The results: Compound - Individual: Men: Quarterfinals: Abhishek Verma bt Sawyer Sullivan 146-146, Prathamesh Jawkar bt Miguel Becerra 149-141; Semifinals: Mathias Fullerton bt Verma 150-147; Jawkar bt Mike Schloesser 150-149; Bronze medal match: Schloesser bt Verma 150-149; Gold medal match: Fullerton bt Jawkar 148-148.