Indian women archers script history, wins FIRST ever gold for India in World Archery C'ships
India has become world champions in any category of archery for the first time with this historic win.
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New Delhi, Aug 5: In a huge proud moment for India, the women's compound archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur scripted history in archery as the team won India's first ever gold medal at the World Archery Championships (WAC) in Berlin on Friday.
The women's team beat Mexico 235-229 in the final. Earlier, they had knocked out defending champions Colombia in the semifinal.
With this historic win, India have become world champions in any category of archery for the first time.
𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 🏹🎯
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 4, 2023
Hats off to the extraordinary trio of Compound archers @VJSurekha, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swami on winning 🇮🇳's First-Ever 🥇 at the Archery World Championships to become the 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 👑… pic.twitter.com/MFOrdz43WY
In the 92 years since the start of the WAC, India had won 11 medals - 9 silver and 2 bronze - but no gold medals before this. This gold medal was her 7th medal at the WAC overall, but the first gold.
Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the team for this historic win. "A proud moment for India as our exceptional compound Women's Team brings home India's first-ever gold medal in the World Archery Championship held in Berlin. Congratulations to our champions! Their hard work and dedication have led to this outstanding outcome," he tweeted.
A proud moment for India as our exceptional compound Women's Team brings home India's first-ever gold medal in the World Archery Championship held in Berlin. Congratulations to our champions! Their hard work and dedication have led to this outstanding outcome. pic.twitter.com/oT8teX1bod
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 5, 2023
All three women archers - Jyothi, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swami - have also made it to the quarters of the individual rounds to keep medal hopes alive. The individual knockout matches will take place over Saturday and Sunday. India's historic success in compound archery comes after disappointment in the recurve archery section, where neither the teams nor any of the individual archers managed to secure Olympic quotas.