Overall, the Indian archers took the second place in the team and mixed events of recurve and compound sections, as Korea dominated the qualifications.
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Upcoming compound archer Rishabh Yadav pipped his mentor Abhishek Verma for the third spot in the ranking round and hogged the limelight in the Asian Championships that got underway at Bangladesh Army Stadium in Banani here on Sunday.
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Overall, the Indian archers took the second place in the team and mixed events of recurve and compound sections, as Korea dominated the qualifications.
Yadav, 19, scored 708 points to pip Verma by one point. But Yadav slipped to third place in the final six ends with Kim Jongho joining his Korean teammate to seal the top-two places, while Yadav and Verma took the third and fourth spots respectively.
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