India’s Jyothi Vennam and Ojas Deotale completed a unique feat, becoming the only Indian athletes to bag three gold medals each at these Asian Games, when they won the women’s and men’s individual compound archery events at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre on Saturday.

While Jyothi, who had previously won gold in the women’s and mixed team events, beat Korea’s Chaewon So 149-145, Deotale, who had won the men’s and mixed team gold previously, beat compatriot Abhishek Verma 149-147 in cold and rainy conditions.  The weather conditions mirrored the treatment compound archery gets from the Olympic family. The reason compound archery is not part of the Olympics is because compound bows, unlike mixed recurve bows, offer a mechanical advantage to the archer. This is also the reason why recurve archers in India are well known while compound archers have remained in the shadows.