India return with best-ever medal haul from Archery World Championships 2023

Published at :August 7, 2023 at 4:38 PM

Modified at :January 13, 2024 at 5:06 PM

(Courtesy : World Archery)

Aditi Gopichand Swami also became the youngest world champion in the competition history.

India’s put up a spirited show in the recently concluded Archery World Championships 2023 by winning four medals overall (3 gold and 1 bronze). Until this edition, India had never won any gold medal at the Archery World Championships, but in the current edition alone, they have gone to win three gold medals. Young prodigy Aditi Swami stole the show by claiming two gold medals in individual and team events followed by legendary Jyothi Vennam, who won one bronze and gold each.

Jyothi, 27, until this edition had won six medals overall (6 silver and 2 bronze), but this time she broke the barrier by clinching a gold in the Compound women’s team event longside teammates Parneet Kaur and Aditi. In the Compound women’s individual category, Jyothi lost to compatriot Aditi in the semi-final, but came back strongly to claim bronze.

In the men’s section, Pravin Ojas Deotale was the lone medalist. He claimed an upset win over World No. 1 Mike Schloesser of Netherlands (149-148) in the semi-finals and then defeated Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski with a perfect score of 150 to the former’s 149 in the final.

The recurve section, on the other hand, did not enjoy much success with both men’s and women’s team losing in the quarter-finals. Dhiraj Bommadevara, who finished second after the end of the qualification round, exited in the quarter-finals with the other men archers not performing to the expectations in the individual category.

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Experienced archers Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das couldn’t make it to the squad due to below average performances in the first few World Cup held earlier this year. In the women’s section, Simranjeet Kaur was the lone Indian archer to progress to the pre-quarterfinals with all other exiting in the previous rounds.

At the end of the Championships, none of the Indian archers in the recurve could bag a quota for Paris 2024 and now will have to wait for the Asian Championships scheduled to be held next year.

India’s medal winners at Archery World Championships 2023

Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swami – Women’s Compound Team (Gold)
Aditi Swami Gopichand – Women’s Individual Compound (Gold)
Pravin Ojas Deotale – Men’s Compound Individual (Gold)
Jyothi Surekha Vennam – Women’s Compound Individual (Bronze)

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