This was India’s first medal in the Olympic category at the Asian Games since Guangzhou 2010. Jyothi Surekha Vennam has also advanced into the women’s compound individual final, assuring at least a silver medal. They have already won three team gold medals in compound, mixed, women’s and men’s sections.Ībhishek Verma and Ojas Deotale are vying for a top-two finish in compound individual section, having made it an all-India final. Unfancied going into the continental showpiece, the fifth-seeded women’s trio dropped a set to down their Vietnamese rivals Do Thi Anh Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhi and Hoang Phuong Thao 6-2 (56-52, 55-56, 57-50, 51-48).įor India, this was their record seventh medal overall in archery at the ongoing Asian Games. Indian archers ended a 13-year long wait for a medal in recurve section at the Asian Games when the women’s team of Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur defeated Vietnam to win a bronze at the Asian Games here on Friday.
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