India's Priyansh Becomes World U-21 Champion In Compound Archery

09.07.2023 - 08:17 sports.ndtv.com

India's Priyansh became under-21 world champion in compound archery, as the country's medal tally swelled to nine medals, including five gold here.

Priyansh defeated Aljaz Brenk of Slovenia 147-141 in a one-sided men's U-21 individual final in the ongoing World Archery Youth Championships in Ireland on Saturday.

Earlier, Aditi Swami had prevailed over Leann Drake of the USA 142-136 to bag the women's Under-18 title. Priyansh had an intense opening round where the former Under-18 world champion Brenk levelled the Indian 29-all, shooting two arrows closer to the target.

A composed Priyansh came up with a perfect round of 30 as the Slovenian crumbled under pressure following the promising start in the first end.

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