Asian Games 2026: India outclass China to defend gold in women's compound archery team
India defeated China 238-234 in the final.
Indian women’s compound archery team retained their Asian Games gold on Wednesday, defeating China 238-234 in the final at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi shot the winning score, equalling the world and Asian record set by South Korea at Incheon in 2014.
This is India’s seventh gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Games. The victory also saw India retain the title they won at the Hangzhou Games, the previous edition of the Asian Games.
Only a four-point margin decided the final, although the semi-final earlier in the day was a much closer contest. India beat South Korea 234-233. Korea fought back in the second half and levelled the match at 175-all.
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India then edged ahead by a point, and two 10s from Chikitha and Prithika, plus a nine from Jyothi, protected that lead.
The trio has beaten Korea in a semi-final before. At World Cup Stage 4 in Madrid, they did it on the way to silver. This time they went a step higher.
Who are the three archers?
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Jyothi, 30, from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, is India’s most decorated compound archer. Before these Games, she had won five medals, three of them gold.
Chikitha, 21, from Peddapalli in Telangana, won India’s first women’s individual compound gold at the Junior World Championships.
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Prithika, 17, was born in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, and raised in Pune. She won gold at the 2024 Asian Cadet Championships and silver at last year’s World Cadet Championships.
At the senior Asian Championships, she also took silver, losing the final to Jyothi, now her teammate. This year, she added bronze at World Cup Stage 4 in Madrid.
Who won the women’s compound team archery gold at the Asian Games 2026?
India did. Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi beat China 238-234 in the final on September 30 at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square. It was India’s seventh gold of these Games and a retained title from the last edition.
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