Twitter Celebrates India’s Double Silver in Archery at the Asiad

Asian Games 2018: Twitterati congratulated Indian men’s and women’s teams on their silver medals.

India suffered two heart-breaking losses to South Korea in the men's and women's compound archery finals to settle for a silver each at the Asian Games in Indonesia on Tuesday, 28 August.

Both the finals were fiercely contested. While the women’s team faltered in the final set, the men could easily blame their luck after the match went into a shoot-off with scores in the fourth set tied at 229-229.

Defending champions India and Korea shot 29 each in the shoot-off, but the latter scraped though via a measured win, which implies shots closest to the bull's eye (inner 10).

All-in-all, two archery medals were still more than welcome for India after the disappointment in recurve category.

Many were quick to congratulate the teams for their feats on social media:

So after all the drama India settle for a silver in Men's Compound #Archery team. Did not understand how Korea's score levelled to 229 before the penalty shootout which was also 29-29. Very unlucky India, here pic.twitter.com/Cmxj2a54wf

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 28, 2018

Men's Archery Team, take a 'BOW' 🏹

Displaying great discipline & grit, India bags a SILVER in the Men's Compound Archery Team event!

It was as close as it could get - tied in the match and in shoot off as well.

Keep it up Abhishek, Aman and Rajat. 🎉✌🏻🇮🇳#KheloIndia pic.twitter.com/TTTSc073hq

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 28, 2018

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ON TARGET! 🏹

Our Women's Compound Archery team has won a SILVER at the #ASIANGAMES2018!

Sharp focus, exceptional technique and a mammoth desire to succeed have yielded great results for our girl! Good job!
#KheloIndia #IndiaAtAsianGames@asiangames2018 pic.twitter.com/REZ1zbGkdQ

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 28, 2018

Congrats Indian🇮🇳 team for winning #Silver 🥈in Compound Men's Team #Archery event.. #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames #AsianGames2018 pic.twitter.com/yJJoCBvZXw

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) August 28, 2018

Congratulations to #Indian women's team for winning #silver 🥈 in Compound #Archery 🏹event at #AsianGames2018 #KheloIndia 🇮🇳 #IndiaAtAsianGames #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/QRlDrxYyvm

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) August 28, 2018

Congratulations to our women's compound archery team of Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar and Jyothi Surekha Vennam for winning the Silver medal in Archery Women's Compound Team event at #AsianGames2018 .

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 28, 2018

Kudos to our Men's Compound Archery team of Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini and Abhishek Verma for winning the Silver in the men’s Compound Archery team event at #AsianGames2018

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 28, 2018

Madhya Pradesh's daughter and archery player Muskan Kirar, along with her team; Madhumati Kumari and Jyothi Surekha Vennam have made us incredibly proud by winning a silver at Archery Women's Compound Team event in #AsianGames. Heartiest congratulations to the trio! pic.twitter.com/cAuBwiK8j0

— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) August 28, 2018

Proud of our women's compound archery team of Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar and Jyothi Surekha Vennam for winning the Silver medal in Archery Women's Compound Team event at #AsianGames2018⁠. pic.twitter.com/EmwGftqj11

— Pema Khandu (@PemaKhanduBJP) August 28, 2018

Congratulations on the Silver Medal 🥈 Team #India #archery #Asiangames2018 @asiangames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/hJkW2bAFGP

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) August 28, 2018