PM Modi heaps praises on Indian women’s compound team for scripting history at World Archery Championships
PM Modi heaps praises on Indian women’s compound team for scripting history at World Archery Championships
PM Modi heaped praises Indian women’s compound team for their excellence and for scripting history at the World Archery Championships held at Berlin. Congratulations to our Champions.Their hard work and dedication have led to this outstanding outcome.
The Indian contingent comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur scripted history by winning the first-ever gold medal for India at the archery world championships in any category.
Meanwhile, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge too congratulated the Indian contingent for scripting history, The Congress President wrote on X (formerly Twitter) he tweeted “Our women’s team scripts history at the World Archery Championships ! Many congratulations to the formidable trio of V. Jyothi Surekha, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur who clinched the first ever gold for India in Berlin. India is proud of your accomplishment, and we wish you a bright future ahead!”
The Indian women’s compound team won the gold medal after defeating the Mexico contingent of Dafne Quintero, Ana Sofa Hernandez Jeon, and Andrea Becerra 235-229 in a one-sided affair.
Earlier, the Indian team had defeated Colombia 220-216 in the semi-finals and Chinese Taipei 228-226 in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Indian archery team has won a gold medal for the first time since making its debut at World Archery Championships in 1981. However, India has lost the World Archery Championships finals four times in recurve section and five times in the non-Olympic compound discipline.
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