Taipei, Dec 10: Indian archers Parneet Kaur and Prathamesh Jawkar secured gold medals in the women’s and men’s compound categories at the Taipei Archery Open held in Taoyuan City from December 8 to 10.
India finished the indoor archery event with four medals overall, thanks to the victories of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Aman Saini in the women’s and men’s compound events. The country’s recurve archers in the senior competitions, however, were blanked, as per Olympics.com. In the gold medal match of the women’s compound category, Parneet beat Jyothi, the current Asian Games champion, by 146-145 in a thriller. In the ranking, Jyothi got the top spot with 594 points, Parneet stood second with 589 points. (Agencies)
