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TWG2022: Jyothi Vennam-Abhishek Verma open India's medal tally with bronze in Archery

They defeated the duo of Becerra and Miguel Becerra by a margin of 157-156

ANI Jul 10, 2022 18:02 IST googleads

Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma. (Photo- SAI Media)

Birmingham [USA], July 10 (ANI): India has won its first medal at The World Games 2022 being held in Birmingham, USA, with the archer duo of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma bagging a bronze medal in archery, bringing home the country's first-ever medal in the discipline by defeating Canada's Andrea Becerra & Miguel Becerra.
With this, they have also won India's fifth overall medal at The World Games. They defeated the duo of Becerra and Miguel Becerra by a margin of 157-156.
"st MEDAL FOR INDIA AT #TWG2022 The Star Compound mixed duo of @VJSurekha/ @archer_abhishek defeated 's Andrea Becerra & Miguel Becerra 157-156 to win at @TWG2022 The duo creates history to win 's st medal in #Archery & th overall at The World Games," tweeted SAI Media.
The 11th edition of The World Games is taking place in Birmingham, Alabama, USA from July 7-17 2022. This edition, originally planned for 2021, was postponed to 2022 because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The World Games are considered the Olympic Games for non-Olympic sports. Compound archery is not part of the Olympic Games. (ANI)

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