World Archery Youth Championships 2023: Indian win three medals on day-4

Limerick [Ireland], July 7 (ANI): A 24-member Indian contingent is competing at the World Archery Youth Championships 2023 in Limerick, Ireland. The event started on Monday (July 3) and will conclude on Sunday (July 9).

The World Archery Youth Championships, now in its 18th edition, have events for men’s and women’s recurve and compound archers in the under-21 and under-18 age categories.

Individual, as well as team events, will take place at the University of Limerick. India have sent 12 archers each in the U21 and U18 age groups.

India’s U21 archery squad is being led by compound archers Prathamesh Jawkar and Pragati. Prathamesh Jawkar bagged the gold medal at the Shanghai stage of the Archery World Cup 2023 in May while Pragati is a two-time Asia Cup champion at the senior level. Recurve archer Parth Salunke, who was part of the gold-winning men’s team in the 2021 youth championships, is also in the fray.

India’s U18 contingent is being spearheaded by 17-year-old women’s compound archer Aditi Gopichand Swami, who achieved the U18 world record in the qualification round while competing at the senior Archery World Cup in Medellin, Colombia, last month.

The last edition of the World Archery Youth Championships held in Wroclaw, Poland, in 2021 saw India bag 15 medals in total, including eight golds, to top the medals table.

The 2023 edition has a total of 518 archers (277 men and 241 women) from 58 countries competing for medals in individual and team events.

World Archery Youth Championships 2023: India's U21 squad

Men's recurve: Parth Salunkhe, Rohit Kumar and Aditya Choudhary

Women's recurve: Ridhi, Bhargaviben Vargishkumar Bhagora and Bhajan Kaur

Men's compound: Priyansh, Prathamesh Jawkar and Kushal Dalal

Women's compound: Avneet Kaur, Parneet Kaur and Pragati

Indian medal winners in U-21 results:

- Avneet Kaur and Priyansh won gold medal in Compound mixed team

- Avneet Kaur, Parneet Kaur and Pragati won gold in Compound women’s team

- Parth Salunkhe and Ridhi won bronze in Recurve mixed team

Indian medal winners in U-18 results: 

- Aishwarya Sharma, Aditi Gopich and Swami, Ekta Rani won gold in Compound women’s team

- Manav Ganeshrao Jadhao, Pawan Gat and Ganesh Mani Ratnam won silver in Compound men's team

- Aishwarya Sharma, Manav Ganeshrao Jadhao won bronze in Compound mixed team

Schedule: 

July 7, Friday: Recurve men’s and women’s team finals - 7:30 PM IST

July 8, Saturday: Compound men’s and women’s individual finals - 8:30 PM IST

July 9, Sunday: Recurve men’s and women’s individual finals - 8:30 PM IST. (ANI)