India win two compound gold at World Archery Youth Championships

The Indian compound cadet teams enjoyed a double delight at the World Archery Youth Championships in Wroclaw, Poland, on Saturday grabbing a couple of gold medals.

The compound women’s team beat Turkey 228-216 (55-51, 56-53, 59-53, 58-59) in the final. The men's team got the better of USA 233-231 (58-57, 59-58, 58-57, 58-59) to take top honors.

The women's team comprising Parneet Kaur, Priya Gurjar and Rishi Varshini were on the money and kept the Turkish team at bay to pocket the gold.

The Indians started well with scores of 10, 9, 10, 9, 8 and 9 in the first set to notch up 55 points while the Turkish archers slipped when they scored a couple of seven pointers and one eight.

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The Indians had a bad start in the second set with an eight but the young archers held their nerve to score 56 and pip Turkey by three points.

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The third set was the best for the Indian team as they scored 59 out of the possible 60 to blow their opponents away. Turkey totaled 59 in the fourth set. Although the Indian archers trailed by a point, their unassailable aggregate score saw them through.

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India's cadet men archers pipped the US team by two points. The Indian trio of Dalal Kushal, Sahil Chaudhary and Apar Mihir Nitin came good when it mattered.

The Indian team had the upper hand in each and every set before increasing the lead in the last two sets. Three nine pointers and one nine pointer in the last two sets, respectively, hurt the US badly as they were unable to close the gap.

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Indian archery teams in good form

The World Archery Youth Championships has proved to be a happy hunting ground for Indian archers. Four days earlier, the Indian compound archery girls and the mixed team stormed into the record books during the qualification stages.

Priya Gurjar scored 696 points to take the individual pole position. She combined with Parneet Kaur and Ridhu Senthilkumar to amass a mammoth 2067 out of 2100 points to break the women’s archery team record by 22 points.

The US held the pervious record of 2045 points.

The Indian archers are leading the medal table in Wroclaw – with 10 podium finishes guaranteed and as many as 14 possible.