Asian Games Archery: Jyothi Vennam, Ojas Deotale strike gold in mixed team event, take India medal tally to best-ever in Games

India achieved its biggest-ever medal haul at a single edition of the Asian Games when Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale clinched gold in the compound mixed team archery event in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.

Hangzhou: India archers duo Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale clinched gold in the compound mixed team archery event in the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

The Indian duo equalling its Asian Games record set in the qualification round beat South Korea’s So Chaewon and Joo Jaehoon 159-158 on Monday. This is the first gold for Archery in the ongoing Asian Games.

India has surpaased its previous best medal tally of 70 medals in Jakarta 2018. Now, India has 71 medals scomprising 16 gold, 26 silver and 29 bronze. With this victory, India has also equaled its tally of most 16 gold medals in a single edition of the Asian Games.

"#KheloIndiaAthletes Ojas and @VJSurekha have hit the bullseye and clinched India's FIRST GOLD in archery, defeating Korea by a scoreline of 159 - 158! Their impeccable skill and teamwork have earned them the ultimate victory Proud of you, champs," Sports Authority of India (SAI) wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter."

Earlier, the Indian pair advanced to the final of the mixed team compound archery at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Jyothi-Pravin defeated Kazakhstan's Adel Zhexenbinova and Andrey Tyutyunto 159-155. The pair had moved to the semi-final after beating the Malaysian team by a scoreline of 158 - 155 on Wednesday.

The Recurve Mixed Team will also be in action and will compete for a medal.