IANS

New Delhi, Jul 18: Deepika Kumari kept India in the hunt for a gold medal by moving into the final of the cadet recurve women's event in the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden in Utah, US.

According to information received here, India are also in fray for four bronze medals in the individual and team events.

Continuing her fine run, Deepika, a the senior national champion, defeated top seed South Korean Jeon Hun Young, 112-108 to set up the title-clash with 10th seed Russian Sayana Tsyrempilova.

In the men's cadet recurve, seventh-seeded Sanjay Boro won 112-101 against 18th ranked Turk Osman Eskici and faced third-seeded Min Taehong of South Korea in the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, Boro lost 106-117 to the South Korean and will face 29th-ranked Hector Antonio Smith of Mexico for the bronze medal.

In the team section, Boro, Mangal Ho and Parashan Nath, seeded fourth, will play for the bronze medal against sixth-seeded Italy team that lost 209-224 to top seed South Korea in the semi-final.

Indians also have a chance to win bronze medals in the cadet compound men and women's team event.

The sixth-seeded cadet men's team of Sudhakar Kumar Paswan, Ritul Chatterjee and Abhyudaya Srinet will take on top seed US while fourth-seeded cadet compound women's team comprising Sarikonda Jayalakshmi, Prerna Bhagat and Nilam Kumari will take on third-seeded Russia.