Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam set compound team world record at Archery World Cup in Madrid
The duo set all-time high score of 1431.
The duo set all-time high score of 1431.
The formidable trip qualified as the top seed and took down Estonia’s trio of Lisell Jaatma, Meeri Marita Paas, and Maris Tetsmann with an impressive scoreline of 232-229.
The Indian women shuttlers got off to a winning start in the Uber Cup on Saturday. The Indians defeated Canada 3-0 in their Group A opener in Chengdu, China.
The Asian Games gold medallist shot a score of 711 to finish behind Mexico’s Andrea Becerra who scored 713.
Only the Indian badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been nominated for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
Apart from them, Abhishek Verma won the silver medal while Aditi Gopichand Swami bagged a bronze medal in their respective compound individual events.
The Indian team defeated Chinese Taipei by 230-229 to clinch the gold in the women’s compound team event in Archery.
The Pallikal-Sandhu pair defeated their opponents from Hong Kong 2-1 to sail to the summit clash of the tournament.
The No. 1 Indian pair of Surekha and Ojas defeated the No.2 Korean pair of So Chaewon and Joo Jaehoon 159-158 in the final.
Nagal, who is ranked on top of All-India Tennis Association (AITA) in the men’s singles category, was sold for a whopping INR 18.5 lakh in the bid.
The Indian team consisting of the youngest-ever senior world champion Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur and Jyothi Surekha Vennam beat their Mexican counterparts 234-233 to claim the triumph.
India finished with only three silver medals in the last edition held in 2021 with recurve archers failing to win a medal.
Jyothi and Ojas made it to the finals by defeating their Italian rivals Elisa Roner and Elia Fregnan 157-157 (19*-19).
Jyothi and Ojas Pravin won gold in the Compound Mixed Team Final earlier today.
Jyothi took down Great Britain’s Ella Gibson by 148-146 in the semifinal.
They took down Malaysia’s Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh and Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki 157-155 in the semifinal
While the 33-year-old Verma stole the show alongside Jyothi Surekha Vennam in the compound mixed duo event, he failed to go big in his individual competition.