Indian women's compound team wins historic gold in World Archery Championships
The Hindu
Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur created history, winning India's first ever gold medal in World Archery Championships. The Indian women defeated Mexico in final and the trio opened India's medal account in the championships.
The Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur on August 4 created history by winning the country's first ever gold medal in the World Archery Championships as the trio beat Mexico in the final here.
The Indians won 235-229 against their top-seeded opponents in a one-sided final. The trio also opened India's medal account in the championships.
Earlier, India had stunned defending champions Colombia 220-216 in the semifinals after a 228-226 win over Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals.
This is the first time Indian archers became world champions after the country made its World Archery Championships debut in Punta Ala (Italy) in 1981.
India had previously lost in the finals in the World Archery Championships four times in recurve section and five times in the non-Olympic compound discipline.
"We 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 said.
The 17-year-old Aditi, who recently became U-18 world champion, is the juniormost member of the team.
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