India’s Jyothi Vennam Surekha and Pravin Ojas Deotale clinched gold
in the mixed team compound archery after winning a final match against South
Korea’s Chaewon So and Jaehoon Joo at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Jyothi-Pravin defeated the South Korean pair in a close encounter
by one point 159-158. This is the first gold for Archery in the ongoing Asian
Games.
With this medal, India has improved its previous best in Jakarta
2018 (70). India now has 71 medals.
“Khelo India Athletes Ojas and VJ Surekha have hit the bulls eye
and clinched India’s FIRST GOLD in archery, defeating Korea by a scoreline of
159-158! Their impeccable skill and teamwork have earned them the ultimate
victory Proud of you, champs,” Sports Authority of India (SAI) wrote on X
(formerly known as Twitter).
Earlier, the Indian pair advanced to the final of the mixed team
compound archery at the Asian Games on Wednesday.
Jyothi-Pravin defeated Kazakhstan’s Adel Zhexenbinova and Andrey
Tyutyunto 159-155. The pair had moved to the semi-final after beating the Malaysian
team by a scoreline of 158 – 155 on Wednesday.
The Recurve Mixed Team will also be in action and will compete for
a medal.
ANI
