Archery World Cup: Prathamesh Jawkar wins gold, Avneet Kaur bronze in individual compound

India finished its campaign with three medals.

India's Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar clinched the gold medal in men's individual compound by defeating World No. 1 Mike Schloesser (149-148) in Archery World Cup Stage 2 in Shanghai. The 19-year-old finished 33rd after the end of the qualification stages by scoring 690. En route to the final, Prathamesh defeated two mighty Korean archers (top seed and WR 10 Kim Jongho in R2 and eighth seed Choi Yonghee in the quarter-finals).

The WR 54 has been in the senior circuit for the past year and finished on the podium at Sulaymaniyah Asia Cup Leg 2 in 2022. Last month, he reached the quarter-finals and finished seventh in the Archery World Cup Antalya Stage I.

Prathamesh Jawkar's performance at Archery World Cup Stage 2

R1 - beats Dhany Diva Pradana (146-144)

R2 - beats Kim Jongho (149-147)

R3 - beats Martin Damsbo (149-146)

Quarter-finals - beats Choi Yonghee (149-148)

Semi-finals - beats Robin Jaatma (147-145)

Final - beats Mike Schloesser (149-148)

Avneet Kaur clinches bronze

In the women's compound, Avneet Kaur, 18, won the bronze medal by defeating Ipek Tomruk (147-144) of Turkiye. A few minutes prior to her bronze medal win, she lost in the semi-finals to experienced Ella Gibson (146-144) but came back strongly in the bronze medal playoffs match. The WR 64 finished ninth in World Cup Stage I and bettered her performance by winning the bronze in Stage 2.

Avneet Kaur's performance at Archery World Cup Stage 2

R1 - bye

R2 - defeats Mariana Bernal (145-145) S/O (10-9)

R3 - defeats Oh Yoohyun (142-142) S/0 (*10-10)

Quarter-finals - defeats Dafne Quintero (147-144)

Semi-finals - loses to Ella Gibson (144-146)

Bronze medal playoffs - defeats Ipek Tomruk (147-144)

India overall finished the campaign by winning three medals (gold-2, and bronze-1) with the recurve team returning empty-handed. As reported by many archers, the conditions in Shanghai were not ideal and Dhiraj was the lone Indian to finish inside the top 20 in the men's recurve.

The women's recurve had a good outing in the initial rounds (Simranjeet Kaur finished 8th and Bhajan Kaur 17th at the end of the qualification round). In the end, both Simranjeet and Bhajan were knocked out in the second and first rounds respectively.