Deepika Kumari falters, Atanu Das returns after year; compound star Abhishek Verma out of top-4
The multiple World Cup gold medallist, who finished seventh in the first phase of the trials in Kolkata last month, ended outside top eight in the women's recurve event to miss the cut in the final leg of the three-day trials, which concluded at the SAI Sonipat here.On a day of upsets, reigning junior and former cadet world champion Komalika Bari and former national champion Ridhi Phor also finished outside the top-eight, which will be split into two teams for the six big events lined up this year -- Asian Games, four stages of the World Cup and the World Championships.Bhajan Kaur, Aditi Jaiswal, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur completed the top four who will compete in all the premier tournaments this year.
