Indian women's compound team wins gold in World Archery Championships

The Indian womens compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur on Friday created history by winning the countrys first ever gold medal in the World Archery Championships as the trio beat Mexico in the final hereThe Indians won 235229 against their topseeded opponents in a onesided final The trio also opened Indias medal account in the championshipsEarlier India had stunned defending champions Colombia 220216 in the semifinals after a 228226 win over Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinalsThis is the first time Indian archers became world champions after the country made its World Archery Championships debut in Punta Ala Italy in 1981India had previously lost in the finals in the World Archery Championships four times in recurve section and five times in the nonOlympic compound disciplineWe were focused on the process We had won enough silver medals and we had decided yesterday that we will win the gold This is a start and we will win more medals Jyothi saidThe 17yearold Aditi who recently became U18 world champion is the juniormost member of the teamIt is a special moment to win the first medal and see the Indian flag go up she saidAt a time when Indian recurve archers are in a downward spiral the current achievement albeit in a nonOlympic compound section will be a big reliefIn fact all the Indian recurve archers are out of medal contention in this tournament Dhiraj Bommadevara and Simranjeet Kaurs prequarterfinal exits on Thursday were the recurve archers best finishes in the sectionIndia had last time won a medal in recurve discipline of the World Archery Championships in the 2019 edition in Den Bosch Netherlands when the mens team of Tarundeep Rai Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav had settled for a silverUp against Mexico secondseeded Indian trio of Jyothi Aditi and Parneet dominated from the start as they shot 59 points out of 60 in the first three rounds to cruise to a 177172 leadIn the first round the Indians drilled in two X closer to the centre in five perfect 10s to put early pressure on Mexicos Dafne Quintero Ana Sofia Hernandez Jeon and Andrea Becerra who totalled 57The second round was an identical one as Mexico shot 58 points this time to trail by three pointsIn the third round Jyothi Aditi and Parneet had one X from five 10s en route to 59 while Mexico managed 57 to give India a fivepoint cushion going into the deciderThey sealed Indias first gold in archery in this tournament with a 58It was a big relief especially for 27yearold Jyothi who finally won a gold medal after missing out on four occasionsIn the last edition in Yankton 2021 she lost out in individual team and mixed pair finalsHer maiden final appearance was with the team in the 2017 Mexico City edition when she was with Trisha Deb and Lily Chanu PaonamOverall Jyothi now has one gold four silver and two bronze medals from the World ChampionshipsJyothi Aditi and Parneet are also in the hunt for individual medals having progressed into the quarterfinalsWhile Parneet will be up against Jyothi in an allIndian lasteight clash Aditi will take on Sanne De Laat of the NetherlandsIt was a historic moment we became world champions defeating Colombia in semifinal and Mexico in final two great compound archery heavyweights said national high performance director Sanjeeva SinghIt will see a boom in coming years as there is an outside chance of compound getting introduced in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics as an indoor sport 18M and 25M he addedAlso ReadIndiarsquos women 50m rifle 3P team win goldThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever