Double Delight: Jyothi Bags Individual, Mixed Team Gold Medals In Compound Section Of World Cup Stage 1

Indian compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam displayed some flawless shooting as she grabbed individual and mixed team gold medals in the World Cup Stage 1 here on Saturday. Jyothi and her debutant partner Ojas Deotale narrowly missed a world record when they tamed Chinese Taipei 159-154 in the compound mixed team final to open India's account with a gold in the morning session. While Jyothi had all perfect 10s in her eight arrows, the 20-year-old Deotale missed the centre once, in the final end when he shot a 9. The Indian duo missed the world record score of 160/160 by just one point.

This was also India's second ever World Cup gold medal in the mixed compound team event. Jyothi and veteran Abhishek Verma had clinched their maiden gold in World Cup 3 in Paris last year.

Returning in the afternoon session, the 2021 World Championship silver medallist Jyothi clinched her maiden individual gold at the showpiece with a one-sided 149-146 win over Sara Lopez of Colombia.

The win avenged Jyothi's Yankton World Championship 2021 defeat when she lost to the Colombian opponent in the final 144-146.

Despite the absence of India's multiple World Cup winner Verma, who failed to make the cut from the national trials, the new-look Indian pair hardly looked short on experience and hit the centre an incredible 15 times from 16 arrows to defeat their 12th-seeded rivals in a lopsided final.

The second seeded Indian duo drilled 15 perfect 10s, of which 12 times they hit the X (closer to the centre).

The second end was a fairytale affair as the Indians hit the X on all their four attempts to make it 80-76 in favour of them.

There was no stopping Jyothi and Deotale who continued their perfect shooting to race to a 120-116 lead in the