India's challenge in archery ends

India's challenge in the Asian Games archery competition came to an end with the men's team bowing out in the quarter-finals of the Olympic round by a narrow three-point margin, at the Ganseo Archery field in Busan on Thursday.

The men's team, comprising the experienced Limba Ram, Ved Kumar, Satyadev Prasad and Kailash, managed to make it to the last eight stage before losing to the strong Kazakhstan team 239-242.

The Indians completed their engagements without winning a single medal as the archers from South Korea, China and Kazakhstan did the bulk of medal shopping.

Earlier, India defeated Sri Lanka in the pre-quarter finals by a comfortable 235-199 margin but they could not display the same accuracy and concentration in the quarters.

Failing to win any medal in the individual events, the Indians seemed far more determined to end the five-day championships on a victorious note but their efforts did not pay dividends.

The men's team title was claimed by the South Korean team of Kyung Ho Kim, Seoung Hoon Han, Sek Keoan Kim and Dong Hyun Lim, who defeated the Chinese Taipei team comprising Minghuang Liu, Chiennan Liao, Szuyuan Chen and Cheng-Pang Wang 245-238.

South Korea also bagged the women's team gold medal, defeating the Chinese Taipei 246-226. India did not field a team in the women's team event.