Jyothi, Kaur, Swami win India's first-ever gold medal at Archery Worlds

• 07-Oct-2023
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In a World Championships where India's recurve archers haven't had much to smile about, the compound archers gave the country a big reason to cheer.The Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur won the gold medal at the 2023 Berlin World Archery Championships beating Mexico 235-229 in the final. In the process, the trio became the first Indian women's compound team to carry the tag of world champions, and ensured India opened its medal account in spectacular style —although in a non-Olympic compound discipline — in an otherwise underwhelming World Championships.Perhaps fittingly, it was Jyothi — she had previously won four silver and two bronze medals at the World Championships—who shot the final arrow to seal the elusive gold for herself and for the country.This is very special for us because it’s the first time India has won the gold medal and become world champion," the 27-year-old Jyothi, who bagged three silver medals (team, individual and team mixed) from the 2021 edition, was quoted as saying by World Archery. “We are hopeful that going forward, we will win more medals for the country.”