World Archery Championship !! The Indian women’s recurve archery team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Rimil Buriuly had to settle for the silver as they lost the World Championship final 4-5 to Russia in an edge-of-the-seat encounter at the Christiansborg Palace.

The Russian team comprising Inna Stepanova, Ksenia Perova and Tuyana Dashidorzhieva clinched the contest in a nerve-wrecking tie-breaker which ended 28-27 in their favour. The Indians failed to respond and crumbled under pressure in the fourth set as they hit scores of six, seven and eight. The total they amassed was 50 which was easily surpassed by their rivals to then levelled at 4-4, taking the match into the tie-breaker.

Point to Remember

• The World Archery Federation is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
• Presently, there are five principal formats of the World Archery Championships: Outdoor, Indoor, Youth, Para-Archery, and Field. Each is held every two years on different rotations.
• Archery is an optional sport at the Universiade and the Commonwealth Games.
• The Longines Prize for Precision is awarded to the male and female archers who shoot the most 10s over the course of the competition at the end of the season.
• The host cities for 2018-19 will be Salt Lake City, Berlin, Antalya and Shanghai, with scheduling to be confirmed.

Expected Questions

The Longines prize for precision is awarded in which sport?

– Archery

Name the expected host cities for Archery Cup?

– Salt Lake City, Berlin, Antalya and Shanghai.