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Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Rishabh Yadav settle for Silver

Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Rishabh Yadav settle for Silver

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Indian archers Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Rishabh Yadav clinched silver in their respective categories at the Nimes Archery Tournament, the fourth stage of the 2024-25 Indoor World Series, held in Nimes, France. Competing in the Compound Women category, Jyothi Surekha narrowly missed out on the top spot, finishing with a total of 146 points, just one point behind Colombia’s Alejandra Usquiano, who clinched gold with 147 points. Meanwhile, in the Compound Men category, Rishabh Yadav displayed remarkable consistency, scoring a perfect 148, but fell short against Austria’s Nico Wiener, who edged ahead with a total of 149 points. Road to final Seeded sixth, Jyothi Surekha Vennam defeated Croatia’s Amanda in a nail-biting match, 147-146, securing her spot in the gold medal match. The 27-year-old, already a two-time champion this season, aimed for a hat-trick against Colombia’s Alejandra Usquiano in the final. The Nimes event, part of the prestigious IWS 1000 series, earned Jyothi valuable points, solidifying her lead in the world indoor tour rankings. Meanwhile, Rishabh knocked out top seed Abhishek Verma in the quarterfinals …

Asian Games champion Jyothi Vennam writes to sports minister to consider her for Khel Ratna | Sport-others News

Asian Games champion Jyothi Vennam writes to sports minister to consider her for Khel Ratna | Sport-others News

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Days after media reports came that Paris Olympics double bronze medallist Manu Bhaker’s name was not considered by the 12-member committee to decide the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, a thing which Bhaker later said happened due to her mistake in filing the nomination, Indian compound archer Jyothi Suresh Vennam has written to Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, union minister for sports, to consider her for the award. 27-year-old Vennam had achieved the rare feat of having a hat-trick of gold medals in Archery World Cups when she won the gold in the women’s recurve event in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai earlier this year. She had become only the third such woman archer in the world to do so. “I am V Jyothi Surekha, an Arjuna Awardee in Archery. There has been speculation of names in the news for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award-2024 and I am writing this email in this regard. Sir, I have been representing the Indian Archery Team for the last 14 years and have won …

Jyothi Vennam becomes third women archer to win hat-trick of gold medals in a World Cup | Sport-others News

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The 27-year-old Jyothi Suresh Vennam emerged as the winner in a shoot-off with a closer nine against top seed Andrea Becerra of Mexico in the women’s individual compound final in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Saturday afternoon. Incidentally, the world number three and Asian Games champion has achieved the rare feat of having a hat-trick of gold medals in a world cup. She is the third woman archer in the world to do so. The Andhra Pradesh archer had earlier paired up with world champion 17-year-old Aditi Swami and 19-year-old Parneet Kaur to win the women’s team gold and with Abhishek Verma to win the mixed team’s gold. She achieved the feat of three gold medals for the second time in her career after the treble in last year’s Asian Games. With the Indian men’s compound team winning the team gold and Priyansh winning the men’s individual silver, it was for the first time that the Indian compound team won four gold and one silver at the World Cup stage. “Winning …

Archery World Cup: Jyothi Surekha Vennam Shoots Hat-Trick Of Gold As Compound Archers Bag Five Medals

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Asian Games champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam spearheaded India’s dominance with a rare hat-trick of gold as compound archers lapped up five medals at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Saturday. The world No. 3 Jyothi fought past tournament top seed Andrea Becerra of Mexico in a tight shoot-off finish 146-146 (9*-9) to become the second Indian after Deepika Kumari to secure triple gold medals in a World Cup. Three-time Olympian and former world No. 1 Deepika had achieved the incredible feat at Paris World Cup Stage 3 in June 2021. For Jyothi, it also matched her feat at the last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games where the 27-year-old Vijayawada archer returned with three gold medals, winning individual, women’s team and mixed team events. Youngster Priyansh capped India’s spectacular outing in the compound section, by bagging his maiden World Cup medal in the form of a silver in the men’s individual section. In his second Cup appearance, the 21-year-old found himself up against a formidable opponent in 2021 world champion Nico Wiener, who …

Archery World Cup: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami And Parneet Kaur Win Gold In Women’s Compound Team Event

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File photo of Jyothi Surekha Vennam.© X (Twitter) India trounced Italy in the women’s compound team event to win their first gold at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Saturday. The team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur, who qualified as top seed, dropped just four points from 24 arrows to down sixth seeded Italy 236-226 and open their account in the season-opening global showpiece. In the first three ends of six arrows each, Jyothi, Aditi and Parneet missed the perfect 10 only twice to take a handsome 178-171 lead over Marcella Tonioli, Irene Franchini and Elisa Roner. In the fourth end, the Indians dropped two points but it did not matter much as they nailed the gold with an 11-point margin. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Topics mentioned in this article Source link