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Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale Set Up All-Indian Final Clash, India Assure Of Three Medals In Archery

Reigning world champion Ojas Deotale blazed his way to the final with a perfect score of 150, while veteran Abhishek Verma also shone bright to set up an all-Indian gold medal clash and assure the county of a top-two finish in the men's individual compound archery at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Seasoned Jyothi Surekha Vennam also advanced into the women's individual final at the expense of world champion Aditi Swami, as the compound archers led India's charge at the continental showpiece.

Asian Games 2023: Indian Archery Team Advances To Quarterfinals

Four Indian archers Aditi Swami, Jyothi Vennam, Ojas Deotale and Abhishek Verma are through to compound quarterfinals after they won in the first two rounds at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday. India's first individual world champion Aditi Swami won 148-146 against Indonesia's Syahara Khoerunisa. Earlier, the 17-year-old Indian archer had beaten Imayung Rai in the previous round. (Asian Games Medals Tally)

Asian Games, Archery: India Make Quarters In All Six Team Events

Indian archers showed tenacity and authority in equal measure to storm into the quarterfinals in all the six team events of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday. The Indians played five team elimination rounds and dropped just one set on the way to their respective quarterfinal matches. India have got a bye into the quarters by virtue of topping the qualifications in the women's compound team event. First, it was the top-seeded compound mixed team of Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, who showed the way as they dropped just one point from 16 arrows to eliminate UAE's Amna Alawadhi and Mohammed Binamro 159-151. (Asian Games Medals Tally)

Asian Games, Archery: Jyothi Surekha Takes Pole, Powers India To Top-Spot In Women's Compound, Mixed Qualifiers

Seasoned Jyothi Surekha Vennam led the charge as Indian compound archers lived up to their reputation, topping the qualification and also grabbed No. 1 seeding in women's and mixed pair team events at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday. World champion Ojas Deotale and 2014 Asian Games silver medalist Abhishek Verma secured third-fourth place finish as India took the second seedings in men's team compound qualifiers. The 27-year-old Jyothi set the tone in the first-half of the session when she edged her South Korean rivals to top the qualification with 704 points, five clear of So Chaewon.

Asian Games, Archery: Jyothi Surekha Takes Pole, Aditi Swami 4th, Power India To Top-Spot In Women's Compound

Seasoned Jyothi Surekha Vennam edged out her South Korean rivals to top the qualification, while world champion Aditi Swami secured the fourth spot to also make the cut, and power India to grab the top-seeding in the women's compound archery at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday. As action got underway in the discipline in the continental showpiece, the script unfolded as per expectations with the Indians dominating the compound section. The country also had an inspiring show in the Olympic-discipline recurve section, where veteran Atanu Das finished fourth, while promising youngster Dhiraj Bommadevara was the next best Indian at sixth spot to make the cut in the men's section.

Canada's Eric Peters wins silver in men's recurve event at archery worlds in Berlin

The competition in the men's recurve event was stiff at the 2023 world archery championships in Berlin on Sunday, but Canadian Eric Peters held strong against the world's best to secure the best individual result of his international career with a silver-medal finish.

World Archery Championships: Indian Women's Compound Team Wins Gold

The Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swami bagged the gold medal at the World Archery Championships 2023 in Berlin on Friday. It was India's first-ever gold at the archery world championships in any category. In the gold medal final, the Indian three defeated the Mexican combination of Dafne Quintero, Ana Sofa Hernandez Jeon, and Andrea Becerra 235-229. The Indian three, placed second in the qualification round, defeated defending champions Colombia 220-216 in the semi-finals to go to the title match.

Kentucky student speaks out after Biden withholds shooting sports funds: 'Archery means everything to me'

National Archery in the Schools Program's Tommy Floyd and 8th-grade NASP student Kimber Collins on the need to protect archery programs in schools and how these programs benefit students.

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Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale Set Up All-Indian Final Clash, India Assure Of Three Medals In Archery

Asian Games 2023: Indian Archery Team Advances To Quarterfinals

Asian Games, Archery: India Make Quarters In All Six Team Events

Asian Games, Archery: Jyothi Surekha Takes Pole, Powers India To Top-Spot In Women's Compound, Mixed Qualifiers

Asian Games, Archery: Jyothi Surekha Takes Pole, Aditi Swami 4th, Power India To Top-Spot In Women's Compound

Canada's Eric Peters wins silver in men's recurve event at archery worlds in Berlin

World Archery Championships: Indian Women's Compound Team Wins Gold

Kentucky student speaks out after Biden withholds shooting sports funds: 'Archery means everything to me'