Mumbai, April 16 -- For days leading up to the Archery World Cup in Florida, Dhiraj Bommadevara was gripped in uncertainty. Persistent delay over his US visa kept his participation hanging in the air. Once he did land in Florida after the visa belatedly arrived, the recurve qualification round on the afternoon of April 9 was one hour away.
Rushing straight from the airport to the venue in Auburndale and checking in after the scramble, the Paris Olympian checked out of the World Cup with an individual bronze to go with the men's team silver.
From Wednesday's qualification round in which he stood 6th as the top-scoring Indian, to Sunday's bronze playoff in which he rallied to down Spain's Andres Temino Mediel 6-4, Dhiraj did not get frazzle...