Asian Archery Championships 2023: Women's compound team, Parneet Kaur clinch gold medals

Published at :November 9, 2023 at 11:59 AM

Modified at :January 14, 2024 at 1:01 AM

(Courtesy : The Times of India)

Compound archery contingent won four medals today.

The Indian compound archery contingent won four medals in the morning session today (November 9th) at the Asian Archery Championships 2023. The women’s compound team, followed by mixed team, Parneet Kaur in individual clinched gold medals and experienced Abhishek Verma settled for bronze in the men’s individual category.

Parneet Kaur defeated multiple world championships medallist Jyothi Surekha Vennam in a close encounter. The encounter finished at 145 all at the end of five series and the winner was decided based on the shoot-off score. Jyothi hit a sub-par 8 to Parneet’s 10 helping her win her maiden individual medal at the Asian Archery Championships.

Aditi Gopichand Swami continued her prime form and won two gold medals in team and mixed team events. In the team event, Aditi combined alongside Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur to beat Chinese Taipei (234-233) in a tense final. With this medal, Jyothi has so far won five gold medals in the history of the competition. The Indian trio are currently the reigning Asian champion, Asian Games champion, World Champion, and World No. 1.

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Later in the day, world champion Aditi combined with youngster Priyansh to beat Thailand 156-151. This is Priyansh’s maiden gold medal at any major competition. Veteran Abhishek Verma made a good comeback to win bronze against Korea’s Joo Joehoon 147-146. Last month, Abhishek lost his father at the trials for Asian Championships and from there he has come up to win a medal at the grandest stage.

The recurve archery however did not have a eventful outing as they failed to win any Olympic quota for Paris.