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India’s medal tally swelled on the last day of sporting competition with Jyothi Surekha Venna and Ojas Deotale winning gold medals, Abhishek Verma a silver and Aditi Gopichand bronze respectively in archery. The flurry of results in the morning session extended India’s historic show in Hangzhou to 98 medals with a certainty of the tally extending to 100 medals at the very least.
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In the women’s individual compound archery final, Jyothi Surekha Vennam beat Chaewon So of South Korea 149-145 while Aditi Gopichand triumphed 146-140 over Indonesia’s Ratih Zilizati Fadhly. Meanwhile, in an all-India men’s individual compound final, Ojas Deotale edged Abhishek Verma 149-147.
With that, India finish off their archery campaign at the Asian Games with nine medals. India’s previous medals in archery had come in mixed team compound, women’s team compound, men’s team compound, women’s recurve team and men’s recurve team.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam, who has had a stupendous year, continued to hit the mark on Saturday. She led by one point at the end of second set (59-58) despite trailing by one point following the first set. After the third set, that lead grew to two points (89-87) and three points (119-116) after the fourth. Not giving an inch, Vennam extended her lead in the fifth and final set to win by four points. In a game of small margins, Vennam struck a nine on her first arrow before posting 14 consecutive 10s.
In the bronze medal match, Aditi Gopichand kept Fadhly at a distance as the Indonesian archer struggled from the word go. A two point lead after the first set increased to five and six respectively after second and third sets. She kept that momentum and advantage until the final arrow for her first individual Asian Games medal.
Abhishek Verma (L) and Ojas Deotale (R) after their men’s individual compound archery final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Image: Screenshot/SonyLivIn the historic men’s individual compound final, Deotale and Verma, who were part of the gold medal winning team, remained level after the first set at 30-30. But a 9 and an 8 in the second and third sets was all that Deotale needed to build a lead and didn’t let go. Except for a 9 in the fourth set, Deotale went flawless.
Deotale and Vennam conclude the Asian Games campaign with three medals each as part of the multiple medal winners in Hangzhou for India. Aishwary Pratap Singh and Esha Singh top that milestone tally with four medals in shooting.
India’s tally at the Asian Games will go past the 100 medal mark with two medals in kabaddi, one in men’s cricket, one in men’s doubles badminton assured.
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