Archery World Championships: Gatha Khadake Ousted By Headliner Lim Si-hyeon In Pre-Quarters

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Last Updated:September 12, 2025, 12:05 IST

The 15-year-old Khadake went down to the Paris Olympics triple gold medallist Si-hyeon 0-6 as the Indian challenge at the event came to a grinding halt.

Indian recurve archer Gatha Khadake was shown the exit door by the top-ranked Lim Si-hyeon in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Archery Championships on Friday in South Korea, as India’s last remaining warrior in the category was ousted.

The 15-year-old Khadake went down to the Paris Olympics triple gold medallist, Si-hyeon 0-6 as the Indian challenge at the event came to a grinding halt.

Despite the defeat, the teenager’s run to the pre-quarters on her debut at the Worlds offers hope for the future in a discipline where India has consistently struggled.

India last won a recurve medal at the Worlds in 2019, when the men’s team of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, and Pravin Jadhav secured a silver at Den Bosch.

Gatha, competing in only her second senior international meet, appeared overwhelmed by the occasion against the reigning Olympic champion.

Lim started with three perfect 10s to take control, and the young Indian could only respond with two 9s and an 8, losing the opening set 26-30.

Displaying superb control, Lim slowed the tempo in the second set but still outscored Gatha, who slipped to two 8s and a 9.

For the third consecutive edition, Indian recurve archers returned empty-handed.

This was highlighted by another poor performance from Deepika Kumari, who exited in the first round.

The six-time Worlds participant and four-time Olympian, still seeking her first medal at both events, lost a scrappy five-set match to the relatively unknown Indonesian, Diananda Choirunisa.

Equally disappointing was Olympian Dhiraj Bommadevara, India’s top-ranked recurve archer.

After a poor qualification round where he slipped to 39th with a score of 670/720, Dhiraj was eliminated in his opener against Tokyo Olympic champion Mete Gazoz.

India’s medals once again came only in the compound section, with the highlight being a historic first-ever men’s team gold won by Rishabh Yadav, Prathamesh Fuge, and Aman Saini. Yadav added a second medal by partnering with Jyothi Surekha Vennam to clinch the mixed team silver.

(With Inputs From PTI)

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September 12, 2025, 12:05 IST

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