Asian Games 2023: India sweep all three gold in compound archery team events

The womens combine emerged triumphant in an edgeoftheseat thriller while the mens outfit secured the top prize without fuss as Indian compound archers swept all three gold medals on offer in team events further bettering their bestever medal haul at the Asian Games 2023 on ThursdayThe womens compound team edged Chinese Taipei by the thinnest of margins securing the gold medal win by just one point with Jyothi Surekha Vennam Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur shooting 60 out of 60 in the final round of a heartstopping finalHaving knocked out twotime defending champions South Korea the Chinese Taipei trio of Chen YiHsuan Huang IJou and Wang LuYun fought till the end but the topseeded Indian team won 230229The scores were locked 200200 till the last set but the young Indian team that has two teenagers Aditi and Parneet remained icecool to find three more 10s in the final three arrowsIt put the pressure back on their opponents who were to shoot last and needed to match with three 10s to force a shootoff But Chinese Taipei started off with a nine that sealed the gold for IndiaHaving conquered the world less than two months back it also completed India womens compound teams domination by becoming the Asian championsIn the afternoon session the mens trio of Abhishek Verma Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar downed South Koreans 235230 to seal their sixth medal in archeryIndias second gold in archery also assured the country of at least five medals in archery at the ongoing Asian GamesIndias mixed team had won a gold on WednesdayFor 27yearold Jyothi this was also a double gold from this edition having secured the top spot in the podium with Ojas Deotale in the compound mixed team event on WednesdayThe Vijaywada archer is in line for a hattrick of gold as she will fight for the Asian Games title taking on South Koreas So Chaewon in the compound individual final on SaturdayAlso Read The Neeraj Chopra throw controversy at Asian Games 2023India have confirmed at least five medals in archery at the continental showpiece as Deotale and Abhishek Verma are assured of a toptwo finish by making it an allIndia mens compound individual finalIndias previous best show in archery at the Asian Games was in Incheon 2014 where they had claimed one gold one silver and one bronzeIn the final India had a onepoint lead after three arrows but Parneet slipped into the red ring with an 8 in the second set of arrows while Aditi and Jyothi also dropped a point each to trail 5456 after first endChinese Taipei trio stepped up with three 10s to race to a 8682 lead after ninearrow each but Parneet started off with a 10 as they made it all perfect socres while their rivals stumbled with a seven to concede a onepoint leadBoth teams went neckandneck in the fourth end that saw 171all and the stalemate prevailed in first set of arrows in the decider before their final flourish with three 10s nailed itThe Indian womens team began the day pocketing an 11point win over Hong Kong 231220 and in the semifinal they were even better crushing Indonesia by 14 pointsThe compound mens team of Ojas Deotale Prathamesh Jawkar and Abhishek Verma who are seeded second followed the suit of the womens trio to storm into the final with two lopsided winsWith agency inputs