: World Games 2022: Jyothi Surekha Vennam-Abhishek Verma bag India’s first archery medal in event #IndiaNEWS Jyothi Surekha Vennam-Abhishek Verma created a slice of history for Indian sport, winning

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World Games 2022: Jyothi Surekha Vennam-Abhishek Verma bag India’s first archery medal in event #IndiaNEWS
Jyothi Surekha Vennam-Abhishek Verma created a slice of history for Indian sport, winning the country’s first-ever archery medal at the World Games, winning bronze in the mixed team compound event at the tournament’s 2022 edition in Birmingham, USA, on Saturday.This is India’s fifth medal ever at the World Games. The World Games – considered the Olympic Games for non-Olympic sports – are being held in Alabama, USA. Compound archery is not part of the Olympic Games as things stand. Jyothi and Abhishek scored a 157-156 win in the bronze medal playoff against Mexico. They were the top seeds in the event after qualification rounds, but had lost in the semifinal against Colombia, who would go on to win gold medal. India had defeated New Zealand in the first round.Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Vermas bronze is Indias first archery medal #TWG2022 My story from a week ago on how Jyothi never lost hope after a poor showing at the national trials and fought her way back to shooting among the besthttps://t.co/ok8UdxDsTY— Dilip Unnikrishnan (@DilipUnnikrishn) July 9, 2022 In a match of very fine margins, Jyothi and Abhishek started with a perfect 40 to take a one-point lead but shot a 38 next end while...Read more

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