28 April,2024 07:46 AM IST | Shanghai | PTI
India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam. Pic/World Archery
Asian Games champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam spearheaded India's dominance with a rare hat-trick of gold as compound archers lapped up five medals at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1 here on Saturday.
The World No. 3 Jyothi fought past tournament top seed Andrea Becerra of Mexico in a tight shoot-off finish 146-146 (9'-9) to become the second Indian after Deepika Kumari to secure triple gold medals in a World Cup. Three-time Olympian and former World No. 1 Deepika had achieved the incredible feat at Paris World Cup Stage 3 in June 2021.
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For Jyothi, it also matched her feat at the last year's Hangzhou Asian Games where the 27-year-old Vijayawada archer returned with three gold medals, winning individual, women's team and mixed team events.
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Youngster Priyansh capped India's spectacular outing in the compound section, by bagging his maiden World Cup medal in the form of a silver.
In the non-Olympic compound category India made a clean sweep, winning men's team, women's team and mixed team events with Jyothi featuring in two of them.
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