Indian Archery Team win Gold in World Cup

--By our Delhi Correspondent

The Indian Archery team comprising of Rahul Banerjee, Jayant Talukdar and Mangal Singh beat strong contender Malaysia to win the World Cup at Antalya, Turkey. The Indian team scored a narrow 218-215 victory. This is the first time Indian archers won a such a big event in Archery. Although they won individual gold medals in the past couple of years, a team gold was something India hoped for long.

Unfortunately, India can't take part in the team event at Beijing Olympics Games 2008, as only two archers managed to qualify for the games. However, India took their revenge by beating Italy in this competition. It could be recalled that India missed the Olympic berth after losing a crucial match to Italy in a previous competition.