WORLD RECORD! Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Rishabh Yadav set mixed compound team record at Archery World Cup in Madrid
Indian archers Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam made history at the 2025 Archery World Cup in Madrid by setting a new mixed team world record of 1431 points with 70 Xs on Tuesday.
The duo surpassed the previous record of 1429 held by Denmark's Tanja Gellenthien and Mathias Fullerton from the Krakow-Malopolska 2023 European Games.
Yadav secured the top position in the compound men's qualification round with a score of 716 points, hitting 68 out of 72 arrows in the 10-ring with 35 Xs. This marked his personal best performance at an international event.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam simultaneously claimed the top seed in the compound women's event with a score of 715 points and 35 Xs, also achieving her international personal best.
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"It's special because the mixed team is newly added to the Olympics and we've been having such small achievements over time," said 22-year-old Yadav about the world record. "We opened the season with the mixed team gold together [Florida 2025] but we didn't shoot the mixed team the next two stages together."
"Now here in the fourth stage we are back together, and we both shot good so it's interesting and we are happy with the consistency we have together."
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Rishabh Yadav during the fourth stage of the Archery World Cup in Madrid. (Image: World Archery)
The competition at Madrid's Vallehermoso Stadium faced challenging conditions with a later start time of 16:30 local time and intense heat. The event saw an increased number of participants compared to previous World Cup stages.
"The rhythm kicks in and you just keep going with the flow until the last ten hits," Yadav said. "There are people around you are saying, 'You need to do it like this, stay calm,' I'm like, 'OK, I know what I'm doing.'"
"I shot it [716] earlier in the nationals and now I'm here with the same so I'm happy I'm able to keep it consistent throughout well and it was interesting and playful."
Jyothi, who hadn't secured top position in the previous three World Cups this year, shared her thoughts on the achievement: "I have been shooting good this year but somewhere I just felt there was something left behind. But today, since the morning practice I felt really, really good with the way I was shooting, and I just wanted to shoot the same way in the qualification."
Both Yadav and Jyothi have qualified for India's team at the upcoming Gwangju 2025 World Archery Championships.
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