India's Compound Archery Team Clinches Gold Sweep at Antalya World Cup 2024

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Jyoti Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur, and Aditi Swami of India won gold in the compound team event at the Antalya Archery World Cup 2024 in Turkey.

An Overview of the News

• They secured victory by defeating Estonia 232–229 in the final match.

• This win marked India's sweep of all three World Cup Stage Gold medals in the compound team event this season.

Earlier in the season:

• India's women's compound archery team, ranked world No. 1, defeated Italy at Stage 1 in Shanghai.

• India also won the gold medal in the compound women's team event at the Archery World Cup Stage 2 in Yecheon, South Korea.

About Archery World Cup

• It is an event organized by the World Archery Federation.

• It started in 2006 and has a unique competition format.

• Archers compete in four stages held in different countries.

• The top eight archers in each category (increased from four archers between 2006 and 2009) advance to the Archery World Cup Final.

• The World Cup has been broadcast live on Eurosport since 2013 and The event is sponsored by Kia and Longines.