Saturday, November 23, 2024

Archers on target, bag two bronze

The top-seeded women’s team of Aditi Swami, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur defeated Mexico in the tiebreaker 232-232 (29*-29) to win the medal.

Medellin (Colombia) :  India bagged bronze medals in the men’s and women’s compound team events to open their account in the archery World Cup Stage 3 here on Wednesday, June 14, a PTI report in The Triibune, Chandigarh, says

The top-seeded women’s team of Aditi Swami, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur defeated Mexico in the tiebreaker 232-232 (29*-29) to win the medal.

In the men’s section, the second-seeded trio of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar beat hosts Colombia 236-228.

Earlier, Aditi smashed the Under-18 world record to qualify as the top archer.

The 16-year-old, silver medallist at the Asia Cup Leg 3 in Sharjah last December, topped the compound women’s field with 711 points out of a possible 720 here today.

In her maiden World Cup season, Aditi beat the previous best of 705, set only in May by Liko Arreola, who was also making her debut for the US senior team and finished ninth (698). “I feel amazing and I am very happy,” said the teenager. 

****************************************************

Readers

These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.

Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world.  We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.

Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.

In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.

For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com

Related Articles

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

- Advertisement -

EDITOR'S CHOICE