While India’s recurve archers competing in the senior events drew a blank, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Aman Saini clinched the silver and bronze in women’s and men’s compound events as country finished the indoor archery event with a total of four medals.
In the women’s compound final, Parneet piped compatriot Jyothi Surekha Vennam, the reigning Asian Games champion, 146-145 to clinch the Gold.
In the ranking round, interestingly, it was Jyothi Surekha Vennam who had secured the top seeding with a score of 594. Parneet was the second seed with 589.
Both Vennam and Parneet were part of the gold medal-winning women’s compound team at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Meanwhile, Prathamesh Jawkar, a member of the compound team which took gold at Hangzhou defeated Dutch top seed Mike Schloesser 149-148 in a tightly-contested final to take the compound individual gold.
Jawkar had knocked out senior compatriot Abhishek Verma in the quarter-finals before accounting for another compatriot Aman Saini in the semis. Aman Saini, however, secured the bronze medal, beating another Indian archer, Kawalpreet Singh, 147-146 in the playoff.
In women’s recurve, Ankita Bhakat earned top seeding in qualification but bowed out in the second round following a 3-7 loss to Chih Yu Lin.
India’s men’s recurve campaign wrapped up in the first round itself with Jayanta Talukdar’s exit.
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TAIPEI ARCHERY OPEN: PARNEET KAUR, PRATHAMESH JAWKAR WIN GOLD MEDALS
Harpal Singh Bedi - 2023-12-11 15:47
New Delhi: Parneet Kaur and Prathamesh Jawkar won the women’s and men’s compound gold medals, respectively at the Taipei Archery Open event, held in Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei.