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From left Preneet Kaur, Surekha Vennam and Aditi Swamy.
The Indian women’s team has won a gold medal and a silver medal in mixed team at the Phase-2 of the ongoing compound archery World Cup in Yecheon, South Korea. In the women’s final held on Saturday, the Indian team defeated Turkey, while the mixed team lost to America.
In the women’s final, the Indian trio of Jyoti Surekha Vennam, Preneet Kaur and Aditi Swamy defeated the Turkish trio of Hazal Burun, Ayse Bera Suzar and Begum 232-226.
Third gold in a row for an Indian trio in the World Cup
This is the third gold in a row for the Indian trio in the World Cup. Earlier this trio had won gold by defeating Italy in the World Cup Stage-1 held in Shanghai earlier this year. Before this, he had also won gold in the Stage-4 of the World Cup held in Paris last year.
The trio of (from left) Preneet Kaur, Surekha Vennam and Aditi Swamy have won gold in the World Cup for the third time in a row.
USA were defeated in the semi-final
Earlier in the semi-finals, the Indian women’s team had defeated the world number four team USA by 233-229. Turkey secured its place in the final by defeating South Korea 234-233.
It was an easy ride for the Indian women’s team. The team had a bye to the quarters after finishing second in the qualifying round. They had defeated Italy 236-234 in the last eight.
Silver medal for Indian mixed team
India got silver medal in mixed team. The pair of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Priyansh had to face defeat by the American pair of Olivia Dean and Sawyer Sullivan in the Compound Mixed final.
Earlier on Friday, the Indian pair missed just 2 points out of 16 targets in the semi-finals. They had defeated the South Korean pair of Han Seungyeon and Yang Jaewon 158-157.
Medal hopes remain intact in men’s compound singles
Young compound shooter Prathamesh Phuge is also hoping for a medal by reaching the semi-finals in the individual category.
