India's men's and women's compound teams won gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Saturday, April 27. Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami, and Parneet Kaur dropped just four points to beat Italy 236-225 in the women's compound team event to open their account with a gold in the season-opening global showpiece.
The men's team of Abhishek Verma, Priyansh, and Prathamesh Fuge went one step better, missing just two points en route to defeating the Netherlands' Mike Schloesser, Sil Pater, and Stef Willems 238-231. The women's team, which qualified as the top seed, dropped just four points from 24 arrows to down sixth-seeded Italy.
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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.
The men's team, who qualified as the fourth seed, put up a near-flawless show to defeat their Dutch opponents. They began with a perfect round of 60 and dropped just two points in the next two ends before sealing the rout with another perfect 60 in the final set of six arrows.