Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 2: India finish campaign with three medals

Teen India archer Prathamesh Jawkar produced the biggest upset of his rising career stunning World No 1 Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands to grab a maiden World Cup gold medal in the menrsquos individual compound section here on SaturdayIndia bagged two gold in the nonOlympic compound section with the mixed team duo of Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam opening the countryrsquos tally by upsetting topseeded Koreans in the Stage 2 of the World CupThis was a successive World Cup gold medal for the mixed pair duo that had also won in the Antalya leg last monthOjas Deotale left and Jyothi Surekha VennamPrathamesh who had earlier eliminated the Korean duo of Kim Jongho and Choi Yonghee continued his giantkilling act to defeat the Dutchman 149148 in the menrsquos compound individual finalThat the 19yearold dropped just one point from 15 arrows en route to defeating the twotime former world champion and showed his incredible shooting at the highest levelAlso Read Archery World Cup Stage 2 Ojas Jyothi defeat Koreans bag successive goldJawkar drops just one pointThe onepoint miss came in the first end as both the archers remained neck and neck after starting off with 29allSecond third and fourth ends saw both of them hitting the target at ease before the 29yearold Dutchman finally faltered in the fifth end capping a 9 to hand the Indian teenager his first World Cup goldContinuing its dream run Indiarsquos compound mixed team duo of Deotale and Jyothi earlier shocked heavyweights Korea to grab successive World Cup gold medalsThe pair carried forward its newfound chemistry and shot with composure to pip the topseeded Korean team 156155Both the Indian duo and the seasoned Korean pair of Kim Jongho and Oh Yoohyun shot identical 39s out of 40 in each of the first three endsIn the final end the Koreans cracked under pressure as Deotale and Jyothi came up with a 39 again to seal their backtoback World Cup gold medalsHaving made an early exit in the individual section Jyothi had a perfect start to the final even as her 20yearold partner struggled for a perfect 10Perfect chemistryOjas however complemented well and brought out his best when Jyothi missed the 10 a couple of times as the duo showed perfect chemistry at the highest levelLocked 117117 heading into the final end Jyothi shot a 10 with her final arrow while a measurement was needed on Oh Yoohyunrsquos final arrow to confirm the Indiansrsquo victoryldquoThroughout the World Cup our coordination and shooting process were very good And in the final too we focused on our shooting processrdquo Jyothi saidJyothi has now made a strong start to the 2023 World Cup season with three gold medals including one in the individual section at Antalya legThe Vijayawada archer is now dreaming big with the World Archery Championships in Berlin a couple of months awayldquoWorld Championships are the most important event for us And winning the gold medals is a big boost to our confidence We look to continue the momentumrdquo she addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever