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The Hindu
04-08-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Archery Association of India announces first edition of Archery League
The Archery Association of India (AAI) on Monday (August 4, 2025) announced the first-of-its-kind Archery League, which will see men and women recurve and compound archers from across the world competing in a franchise-styled tournament. The inaugural edition of the league is expected to take place over a 11-day period in October this year at the Yamuna Sports Complex in Delhi. The event has received encouragement from World Archery, World Archery Asia and the Sports Ministry. The organisers claimed the league aims to strengthen the overall archery ecosystem across India and the world. The event will feature foreign archers from among the world's top 10, along with top Indian players who will all be representing six franchise teams. Archery Association of India president Arjun Munda said, "We are confident that with the help of the Archery League, we will be able to fulfil these dreams and provide more opportunities. Let us all join hands to launch this league for archery so that we can take the sport to the next level in the country." Secretary general, World Archery, Tom Dielen added, "... This initiative will add to the impact of our sport and create an atmosphere of competitive spirit for Indian archers as well as other archers coming from outside of India to enhance their performance and become even better archers in future."
India Today
27-07-2025
- Sport
- India Today
WUG 2025: Sahil Jadhav wins compound gold as Indian archers finish with 5-medal haul
It was a memorable outing for Indian archers at the World University Games on Saturday, as Sahil Jadhav's near-flawless performance clinched a gold medal and capped off a five-medal day for the archery haul included gold in the mixed team event, silver in the men's team, bronze in the women's team, and two individual medals—Jadhav's gold and Parneet Kaur's was in stunning form during his final, registering 14 perfect 10s and dropping just a single point on his final arrow. Despite his brilliance, it turned into a closely fought contest, with Great Britain's Ajay Scott finishing just a point behind at World University Games CHAMPION! Sahil Rajesh Jadhav delivers a masterclass to take the compound men's title in Essen! #Archery World Archery (@worldarchery) July 26, 2025 While the compound archers delivered a strong showing, the recurve archers had a disappointing outing and failed to secure a the women's compound final, Parneet Kaur settled for silver after a tight contest with South Korea's Moon Yeeun. Parneet started strongly, gaining a two-point lead with flawless shooting in the opening two ends. However, Moon found her rhythm and shot a perfect 30 in the third end, while Parneet dropped two points. Despite a perfect final end, the Indian couldn't close the gap, allowing Moon to take athletics, 24-year-old Praveen Chithravel claimed silver in the triple jump with a brilliant leap of 16.66 metres. He was narrowly edged out by Australia's Conor Murphy, who recorded a season-best jump of 16.77 metres to take the top spot. Poorva Sawant was unable to make it past the preliminary rounds as she finished ninth in the qualifiers with a jump of 12.82m. India also saw encouraging performances in the 4x400m relay events. Both the men's and women's teams qualified for their respective finals, each producing their season's best timings. The men's team clocked 3:06.56 to finish second in their heat, while the women's team finished second in Heat 1 with a time of 3: the half-marathon proved disappointing for India. All ten Indian runners who had qualified for the final event were unable to make it to the podium, despite some of them recording personal bests.- Ends
Indian Express
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
Madrid Archery World Cup: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes 2nd in individual event, wins three medals overall
A week that started with Jyothi Surekha Vennam setting a new World Record in mixed team along with Rishabh Yadav, finished with her standing on the podium in all three possible events she could medal in at the fourth stage of the 2025 Archery World Cup being held in Madrid. Earlier in the day, the supremely consistent women's compound team won silver. Then Jyothi shot to silver in the women's compound individual event, losing a super close final against Great Britain's Ella Gibson 148-147. The trio of Jyothi, Parneet Kaur and 16-year-old debutant Prithika Pradeep, who had topped the qualification round with a total of 2116 points, looked well on course for gold and justify their top-billing when they led 170-169 after the third end. However, they eventually went down 225-227 to Chinese Taipei, a 7 by Parneet in the fourth end proving very costly in the final equation. In the mixed team event, Rishabh and Jyothi – who lost to eventual champions Netherlands in the semifinals – beat 10th-seeded El Salvador duo of Paola Corado and Douglas Vladimir Nolasco 156-153 to claim bronze. On Friday, they to 12th-seeded Netherlands 152-155. In the bronze playoff, the scores were tied 39-39 after the first end, but Jyothi and Rishabh pulled ahead by two points after the second and maintained their lead till the end to seal victory. In the qualification round, Jyothi and Rishabh's combined score of 1431 was the 144-arrow mixed team world record. Rishabh topped the men's qualification charts with 716 while Jyothi did the same in the women's section with a score of 715. Rishabh, according to World Archery, led the men's compound qualification round from start to finish at Vallehermoso Stadium and could have challenged the individual record too, currently held by Braden Gellenthien (718) but finished on 716, which is a new personal best and his highest score on the international circuit. Jyothi and Rishabh's combined 1431 beat the previous mixed team world record of 1429, held by Denmark's Tanja Gellenthien and Mathias Fullerton since the Krakow-Malopolska 2023 European Games. It is another encouraging early sign for India for LA 2028, with compound mixed team event added to the Olympic Games roster. 'It's special because the [compound] mixed team is newly added to the Olympics, and we've been having such small achievements over time,' Rishabh, who also won mixed team gold with Jyothi at the season opener in Central Florida, had told World Archery. 'We didn't shoot mixed team together at the last two stages, but now we're back – and we both shot well. It's interesting and we're happy with the consistency we have together.' (With PTI inputs)
Hans India
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Archery WC: Jyothi, Parneet enter compound women SF; Rishabh, Aman bow out in second round
India's Jyothi Surekha Vennom and Parneet Kaur booked their spots in the compound women's semifinal at the fourth stage of the Archery World Cup of the season. Jyothi, who topped the qualification round, defeated the Turkish archer Hazal Burun 147-144 in the quarterfinal to set up a final-four meet with Korea's Han Seungyeon. Meanwhile, Parneet made it to her maiden World Cup semifinal after beating Oznur Cure Girdi of Turkey by 142-141. Parneet, a 2023 Asian Champion, had never medalled individually outside the continent and missed out on selection for the first three stages of this year's World Cup circuit – in Florida, Shanghai and Antalya. She was just two points off her personal best of 704 with 702 points in the 72-arrow qualification round on Tuesday and now stands two matches away from her first World Cup podium. 'For me, to make some three steps that I want to focus on during my shot. And when I'm not shooting and sitting behind (the line), she told me to do a bit of calligraphy or draw something. That's improved my focus pretty well," Parneet told World Archery. Kaur faces reigning European Champion Gibson in the semifinal, with a potential final (or bronze final) against either Asian Games Champion and teammate Jyothi or Antalya runner-up Han Seungyeon. In the men's individual event, top-seeded Rishabh Yadav, Aman Saini, Priyansh all bowed out in the second round, while Prathamesh Bhalchandra Fuge crashed out in the opening round. In recurve archery, men's and women's teams had a disappointing exit in their opening round. The women's trio of Ankita Bhakat, Deepika Kumari and 15-year-old debutant Gatha Khadake, who opened their campaign from the second round due to their fourth seeding, lost 3-5 to France. The men's trio of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Rahul Singh and Neeraj Chauhan suffered 2-6 loss to Brazil.
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
WORLD RECORD! Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Rishabh Yadav set mixed compound team record at Archery World Cup in Madrid
Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam during the fourth stage of the Archery World Cup in Madrid. (Image: World Archery) 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. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! "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." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Тези обувки са висш пилотаж в мъжката мода. ZAROTRAVEL® КУПИ СЕГА Undo 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. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
