World archery championships | Ankita Bhakat upsets Chae-young

Abhishek Verma sees off Bosansky; Jyothi Surekha shows So the door

Three Indian archers — Ankita Bhakat, Abhishek Verma and V. Jyothi Surekha — made it to the individual quarterfinals and stayed in the hunt for a medal at the World archery championships here on Thursday.

Ankita, ranked 20th, was the lone recurve archer from the country to keep alive her hopes. She got a first-round bye before beating Jindriska Vaneckova of the Czech Republic 7-3, Alexandra Mirca of Moldova 7-1 and fourth-ranked Korean Kang Chae-young — who had eliminated World junior champion Komalika Bari in the previous round — 6-4 to reach the last eight in the women’s individual competition.

Ankita will meet fifth-seeded American Casey Kaufhold in the quarterfinals.