Yankton (US), Sep 22: Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma reached the third round of the Archery World Championships after finishing sixth and seventh in the compound men and women qualification rounds respectively, here.
Surekha shot 684 while Verma scored 695 in the qualification and then got byes in the first two elimination rounds. Muskan Kirar also earned a first round bye in women’s compound event after finishing 29th in the qualification.
The third Indian in the women’s compound event, Priya Gurjar will face Isabelle Carpenter of Great Britain in the first round after finishing 51st in the qualification.
Ankita Bhakat, Ridhi and Bari Komalika made it to the second round of women’s recurve after finishing 20th, 26th and 29th respectively. (PTI)
