London2012: Japan beat Indian Archers after tough contest

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 28, 2012: The London 2012 swung into action with Archery teams of Japan and India locking horns early on Saturday where the Japanese archers won the first blood at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.

After a spirited encounter, Japanese archers outdid Indian archers by 214-214 points.

London 2012 Summarized Scores

1. Japan Takaharu Furukawa/Hideki Kikuchi/Yu Ishizu 214 points

2. India Jayanta Talukdar/Tarundeep Rai/Rahul Bannerjee 214

1. Ukraine Markiyan Ivashko/Dmytro Hrachov/Viktor Ruban 223

2. Britain Laurence Godfrey/Simon Terry/Alan Wills 212

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