Archery, World Cup Yecheon: Indians win compound women’s team gold; clinch silver in mixed event

This was Jyothi Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami’s second consecutive World Cup title in the women’s compound event this season.

Archery, World Cup Yecheon: Indians win compound women’s team gold; clinch silver in mixed event

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The Indian women’s compound archery team beat Turkey in the final to win gold at the Archery World Cup Stage II in Yecheon, South Korea on Saturday. Later, the mixed compound team clinched silver after losing to the United States in the final.

The team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami – who had won the team gold at the World Championships last year – combined to score a 232-226 win over Turkey to add to the gold medal they won at the season’s first World Cup in Shanghai last month.

The Indians took a narrow lead of 57-56 in the first End but extended it for a total score of 116-112 (59-56) at the second End.

Both teams were tied in the third end, with each shooting 58 to keep the score at 174-170 in favour of the Indians.

In the last End, the Indians scored 58 to Turkey’s 56 to get to a final score of 232-226 and clinch the title.

Later, Vennam was back to compete in another final, pairing up with Priyansh to take on American pair of Olivia Dean and Sawyer Sullivan for the mixed compound...

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