India’s Jyothi shoots hat-trick of golds

India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam. Pic/World Archery

Asian Games champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam spearheaded India's dominance with a rare hat-trick of gold as compound archers lapped up five medals at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1 here on Saturday.

The World No. 3 Jyothi fought past tournament top seed Andrea Becerra of Mexico in a tight shoot-off finish 146-146 (9'-9) to become the second Indian after Deepika Kumari to secure triple gold medals in a World Cup. Three-time Olympian and former World No. 1 Deepika had achieved the incredible feat at Paris World Cup Stage 3 in June 2021.

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For Jyothi, it also matched her feat at the last year's Hangzhou Asian Games where the 27-year-old Vijayawada archer returned with three gold medals, winning individual, women's team and mixed team events.

Youngster Priyansh capped India's spectacular outing in the compound section, by bagging his maiden World Cup medal in the form of a silver.

In the non-Olympic compound category India made a clean sweep, winning men's team, women's team and mixed team events with Jyothi featuring in two of them.

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