Rishabh Yadav and V. Jyothi Surekha rewrote the compound mixed team world record in the Archery World Cup Stage-4 here.
In the qualifying round, Rishabh and Jyothi, who clinched the mixed team gold in Stage-1, secured 716 and 715 points to finish atop the men’s and women’s individual rankings respectively.
Their combined score of 1431 was better than the previous world record of 1429 set by Danish pair Tanja Gellenthien and Mathias Fullerton in 2023.
Rishabh, who scored full points in his first 30 arrows, produced 68 shots of 10s and Xs. He was two short of Braden Gellenthien’s individual world record. Jyothi did not drop a point in 67 arrows, including her last 24.
In elimination, the Indian women’s team of Jyothi, Parneet Kaur and Prithika Pradeep performed solidly to set up a title clash with Chinese Taipei.
The men’s team, comprising Rishabh, Prathamesh Fuge and Aman Saini, lost to France in the quarterfinals. Following a prior decision, India fielded its World championships-bound archers (excluding second best Indian Priyansh) in order to give them some match practice.
The results:
Compound: Qualifying round: Individual: Men: Rishabh Yadav (first, 716 points), Priyansh (10th, 710), Aman Saini (11th, 709), Prathamesh Fuge (19th, 707); Women: V. Jyothi Surekha (first, 715), Parneet Kaur (seventh, 702), Prithika Pradeep (10th, 699), Chikitha Taniparthi (31st, 688); Team: India (Men: first, 2135; Women: first, 2116; Mixed: first, 1431).
Elimination rounds: Team: Men: India (Rishabh, Fuge, Saini) got a bye (1st round), bt Poland 235-232 (2nd round), lost to France 233-234 (quarterfinal); Women: India (Jyothi, Parneet, Prithika) got a bye (1st round), bt El Salvador 235-226 (quarterfinal), bt Indonesia 230-226 (semifinal).
Published – July 09, 2025 05:30 pm IST
