ANTALYA: Jyothi Surekha Vennam and her debutant companion Ojas Deotale have been at their ruthless greatest and prevailed over Chinese Taipei 159-154 as India grabbed the compound combined group gold to open their account within the World Cup Stage 1 right here on Saturday.
This was additionally India’s second ever World Cup gold medal within the combined compound occasion. Jyothi and veteran Abhishek Verma had clinched their maiden gold in World Cup-3 in Paris 2022.
In the absence of India’s a number of World Cup winner Verma, who did not make the minimize from the nationwide trials, the new-look Indian pair hardly regarded quick on expertise and hit the centre an unimaginable 15 occasions from 16 arrows to defeat their Twelfth-seeded rivals in a lopsided closing.
Of the 15 excellent 10s, 12 occasions they hit the X (nearer to the centre).
The second seeded Indian duo of Jyothi and 20-year-old Deotale dropped only one level solely as soon as within the closing finish in any other case it might have been an ideal 160/160.
There was no stopping Jyothi and Deotale who drilled in a string of excellent 10s to race to a 120-116 lead within the penultimate finish.
The second finish was a fairytale affair as they hit the X all on their 4 makes an attempt to make it 80-76 in favour of them.