The compound women’s team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Muskan Kirar and Priya Gurjar assured India of a medal at the Archery World Championshi...
The compound women’s team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Muskan Kirar and Priya Gurjar assured India of a medal at the Archery World Championships in Yankton, USA by storming through to the final of their event in thrilling fashion.
The trio defeated second seeds Great Britain in the quarterfinal and stunned hosts and third seeds USA in the semifinal with a terrific late comeback win to book their spot in the final.
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🚨 MEDAL ALERT 🏹
🇮🇳 Women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Priya Gurjar and Muskan Kirar produce BACK-TO-BACK stunning comebacks against 2nd seeds GBR and 3rd seeds USA to reach the final in Yankton. To face #1 seeds COL.
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Jyothi, Kirar and Gurjar – based on their individual scores of 684, 664, 646 – finished as seventh seeds in the qualification round. In their opening-round match, they comprehensively defeated Denmark. But in the subsequent matches, they needed sensational late fightbacks to win.
In both quarterfinal and semifinal, the trio trailed by two points before the final set of six arrows. In the match against Britain, they managed...
