Archery World Cup: Indian compound women’s archery team clinch gold

The Indian trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami grabbed their third successive Archery World Cup gold medal, beating Turkey 232-226 in a lopsided compound women's team final at the stage two event.

(L-R) Archers Aditi Swami, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur after winning women's compound team gold at Archery World Cup Stage 2, in Yecheon, South Korea. (PTI)

The Indian women’s archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami clinched their third successive Archery World Cup medal after registering an easy 232-226 win over Turkey in Yecheion, Korea. It was an overall easy sailing for the Indian women’s team, who got a bye into the quarters after finishing second in the qualifying round.

Later in the day, in the mixed compound archery event, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Priyansh won the silver medal. The Indian pair lost 153-155 against the USA pair Sawyer Sullivan Olivia Dean in the final.

The world number one Indian compound women’s team dominated Turkey’s Hazal Burun, Ayse Bera Suzer and Begum Yuva right from the first end and sealed the gold without dropping a set, with a healthy six-point margin.

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World Number one Indian women’s compound archery team stormed into the final had ousted world no 4 USA 233-229 in the semi-final. I They eliminated Italy 236-234 in the last-eight.

India Triumphs Again! 🥇🇮🇳🥇🇮🇳
World champions win their second gold at the Hyundai Archery World Cup #ArcheryWorldCup #Archery pic.twitter.com/i6L2hOZeLc

— World Archery (@worldarchery) May 25, 2024

For Jyothi, Parneet and world champion Aditi this completed a hat-trick of World Cup gold medals together.

They had won the season opening World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai, downing Italy and also ended last year with a gold at the stage four of the event in Paris.

A third medal is also expected from the compound category in this edition of the World Cup where Prathamesh Fuge is one win shy of a maiden individual World Cup podium finish. Fuge, who upset 2021 world champion and world No. 6 Nico Wiener of Austria in the quarters, will be up against world No. 7 James Lutz in his bid for a maiden individual World Cup medal.

The World No.1 men’s compound team, however, failed to live up to expectation and continued their below-par show to miss out on a bronze medal at the World Cup Stage 2.