Berlin (Germany), Aug 5 (Ians) India’s Aditi Gopichand Swami and Ojas Pravin Deotale clinched gold medals in the women’s and men’s individual compound events, respectively, at the World Archery Championships 2023, here on Saturday.
With this, India finished the Berlin archery meet with four medals — three gold and one bronze. All the medals were won by the compound archers.
The 17-year-old Aditi, seeded sixth, defeated Andrea Becerra of Mexico 149-147 in the final to become the youngest archer to win an individual event at the senior world championships.
Aditi, a U18 world champion and world record holder, defeated fellow Indian Jyothi Surekha Vennam, seeded second, 149-145 in the semifinals to book her place in the final.
Meanwhile, Jyothi Surekha Vennam beat Ipek Tomruk of Turkey 150-146 to win the bronze medal in the women’s individual compound event.
Another Indian archer, Parneet Kaur, was knocked out in the quarterfinals...
With this, India finished the Berlin archery meet with four medals — three gold and one bronze. All the medals were won by the compound archers.
The 17-year-old Aditi, seeded sixth, defeated Andrea Becerra of Mexico 149-147 in the final to become the youngest archer to win an individual event at the senior world championships.
Aditi, a U18 world champion and world record holder, defeated fellow Indian Jyothi Surekha Vennam, seeded second, 149-145 in the semifinals to book her place in the final.
Meanwhile, Jyothi Surekha Vennam beat Ipek Tomruk of Turkey 150-146 to win the bronze medal in the women’s individual compound event.
Another Indian archer, Parneet Kaur, was knocked out in the quarterfinals...
- 8/5/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Medellin (Colombia), June 14 (Ians) The 16-year-old debutant Aditi Gopichand Swamy broke the Under 18 compound world record to top the women’s qualification round in the third stage of the Archery World Cup, here.
The Indian teenager topped the compound women’s field with 711 points in the 72-arrow 50-meter qualification on Tuesday to beat the previous best of 705, set by USA’s Liko Arreola in May.
Aditi finished the qualifications ahead of stage one winner and compatriot Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and home favourite Sara Lopez.
“I feel amazing. I am very happy. I didn’t expect that I was going to shoot like that and that score, but now I’m very happy with that score because I’m only 16 years old,” Aditi told World Archery.
Jyothi, who equaled the world record score in the women’s compound event qualification round at the Archery World Cup 2023 stage 1 in Antalya, finished second...
The Indian teenager topped the compound women’s field with 711 points in the 72-arrow 50-meter qualification on Tuesday to beat the previous best of 705, set by USA’s Liko Arreola in May.
Aditi finished the qualifications ahead of stage one winner and compatriot Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and home favourite Sara Lopez.
“I feel amazing. I am very happy. I didn’t expect that I was going to shoot like that and that score, but now I’m very happy with that score because I’m only 16 years old,” Aditi told World Archery.
Jyothi, who equaled the world record score in the women’s compound event qualification round at the Archery World Cup 2023 stage 1 in Antalya, finished second...
- 6/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Shanghai (China), May 20 (Ians) Indian archer Prathamesh Jawkar won the Individual Men’s Compound gold medal while Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale combined to clinch the Compound Mixed Team crown at the Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 2, here on Saturday.
Avneet Kaur bagged the other medal for India — a bronze in the Individual women’s compound. The 18-year-old defeated Ipek Tomruk of Turkey 147-144 in the bronze medal match after losing out to Ella Gibson of Great Britain in the semifinals.
In the Individual Men’s Compound final, the 19-year-old Prathamesh beat world No. 1 Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands 149-148 to top the podium.
En route to the final, Prathamesh defeated Indonesia’s Dhany Diva Pradana, Korea’s Kim Jongho, Martin Damsbo of Denmark and Choi Yonghee of Korea before securing his gold medal match with a victory over Robin Jaatma of Estonia.
Meanwhile, the 19-year-old Jyothi and 20-year-old...
Avneet Kaur bagged the other medal for India — a bronze in the Individual women’s compound. The 18-year-old defeated Ipek Tomruk of Turkey 147-144 in the bronze medal match after losing out to Ella Gibson of Great Britain in the semifinals.
In the Individual Men’s Compound final, the 19-year-old Prathamesh beat world No. 1 Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands 149-148 to top the podium.
En route to the final, Prathamesh defeated Indonesia’s Dhany Diva Pradana, Korea’s Kim Jongho, Martin Damsbo of Denmark and Choi Yonghee of Korea before securing his gold medal match with a victory over Robin Jaatma of Estonia.
Meanwhile, the 19-year-old Jyothi and 20-year-old...
- 5/20/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Antalya (Turkey), April 21 (Ians) India’s new look compound mixed team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale found instant success by reaching the gold medal match at the Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 1, here on Friday.
Vennam and Deotale edged out Malaysia’s Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh and Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki 157-155 in the semifinal. The Indian duo will face Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi-Hsuan and Chen Chieh-Lun in Saturday’ s gold medal match.
In 2022, Vennam won World Games bronze and Paris World Cup gold with Abhishek Verma. She has paired up with 20-year-old Ojas for the first time.
“I’m very happy. We all expected we could go to the final, because we have a good team. My partner was in good shooting shape. And I was, too. We enjoyed our shooting a lot,” Ojas said.
The new pairing, who was given a bye in the first round,...
Vennam and Deotale edged out Malaysia’s Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh and Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki 157-155 in the semifinal. The Indian duo will face Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi-Hsuan and Chen Chieh-Lun in Saturday’ s gold medal match.
In 2022, Vennam won World Games bronze and Paris World Cup gold with Abhishek Verma. She has paired up with 20-year-old Ojas for the first time.
“I’m very happy. We all expected we could go to the final, because we have a good team. My partner was in good shooting shape. And I was, too. We enjoyed our shooting a lot,” Ojas said.
The new pairing, who was given a bye in the first round,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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