The women’s recurve archery team member Simranjeet Kaur who won the medal at the Archery World Cup 2023 stage 4 in Paris, France, on Thursday believes that this bronze medal has come at the right time and will give them confidence ahead of Paris Olympics next year.
The Indian women’s compound archery team of Aditi Gopichand Swami, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur secured a gold medal on Saturday. Earlier this month, the same trio had teamed up to win a gold at the Archery World Championships in Berlin.
India’s men’s compound archery team comprising Ojas Pravin Deotale, Prathamesh Jawkar and Abhishek Verma defeated the USA 236-232 in the final to top the podium.
The Indian men’s and women’s recurve teams won bronze medals to open India’s account at the Archery World Cup 2023 stage 4 in Paris. While the men’s archery team got the better of Spain 6-2 in the bronze medal match, the women’s team beat Mexico in the shoot-off after scores were tied 4-4 at
The 16-year-old Aditi scored a total of 711 out of 720 points and topped the 72-arrow qualification, surpassing the previous world record set by USA's Liko Arreola in May of 705 points, as per Olympics.com
According to Olympics.com, India's archery contingent includes 16 members - eight men and eight women. Veteran Olympian Tarundeep Rai is set to participate in the event, however, Atanu Das will miss the competition.
Among the 16 Indians, four men and four women will fray in the recurve category, and the remaining eight members--four men and four women will compete in the compound archery events, as per Olympics.com.
The Chinese three Li Zhongyuan, Qi Xiangshuo, and Wei Shaoxuan defeated the Indian trio 4-5 in the championship match. India fell in the first two sets but came back to win the following two, tying the match at 4-4. In the fifth and final set, both teams were knotted at 28-28, prompting a sh