A total of 13 archers were present in the felicitation ceremony, including history makers Aditi Gopichand Swami and Ojas Pravin Deotale. While Aditi, a Khelo India athlete, became not only the youngest Archery World Champion but also became the first Indian woman to win Gold in the World Cha
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.
With this, India has secured its highest medal tally in a single World Championships meet with a total of four, including three golds and a bronze won by Jyothi Surekha Vennam in women's individual compound archery. India's campaign at the Berlin meet concludes on Saturday.
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
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
In the championship match, Jyothi Surekha Vennam defeated Colombia's Sara Lopez 149-146 to take first place. To get to the final, she overcame Britain's Ella Gibson, the No. 1 player in the world, 148-146