Asian Games champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam led India’s dominance at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Saturday, winning a stunning hat-trick of gold medals thanks to her extraordinary mental toughness. During the season-opening global showpiece, world No. 3 Jyothi battled past tournament top seed Andrea Becerra of Mexico in a close shoot-off finish 146=146 (9*-9) to accomplish a unique achievement.
It also equaled her performance from the previous year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou, where the 27-year-old archer from Vijayawada won three gold medals in mixed, women’s, and individual competitions.
India demonstrated their dominance in non-Olympic compound events during the morning session, winning the men’s, women’s, and mixed team events—two of which featured Jyothi—to complete a perfect sweep of the team events.
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In the women’s compound team event, Jyothi, Aditi Swami, and Parneet Kaur defeated Italy 236-225, opening their account with a gold medal. They only dropped four points.
The men’s team of Abhishek Verma, Priyansh, and Prathamesh Fuge then improved even further, defeating Mike Schloesser, Sil Pater, and Stef Willems of the Netherlands 238–231.
In an exciting finish, second-seeded Jyothi and Verma defeated Lisell Jaatma and Robin Jaatma, their Estonian rivals, 158-157, to complete the sweep for the mixed team.
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