India Women Equal Compound Archery World Record to Retain Asian Games Team Gold

India's women's compound archers defended their Asian Games team title on Wednesday morning in the most emphatic way possible: by matching the best score ever shot in the event. Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi beat China 238-234 in the final at Okazaki in Aichi-Nagoya, equalling the world record of 238 that South Korea set at Incheon in 2014.

The result gave India its seventh gold medal of the 2026 Games and took the country's overall tally to 53 medals, including 21 silver and 25 bronze.

Twenty-two tens out of twenty-four

The numbers from the final explain why China never got close enough to seriously threaten. Of India's 24 arrows, 22 landed in the 10-ring, leaving the trio just two points short of a perfect 240.

Two of the three archers were flawless. Jyothi and Prithika each shot a perfect 80, with all eight of their arrows scoring the maximum. Chikitha finished on 78, with a nine in each of the second and third ends accounting for India's only dropped points.

India's end-by-end scores read 60, 59, 59 and 60. China, represented by Wunier, Yue Wang and Fangyao Wei, answered with 58, 58, 60 and 58. In other words, India's perfect opening and closing ends supplied the entire four-point margin.

Where the final turned

China's best spell came in the third end, when they shot a perfect 60 and cut India's lead to two points at 178-176 with six arrows each left. The next rotation settled it. China managed a 10 and two nines, while all three Indians hit the middle, stretching the gap to 208-204. Both teams closed with three straight tens, which was enough for India to finish on 238.

A much tighter semi-final

The route to the final was far less comfortable. India edged South Korea by a single point, 234-233, in a semi-final that stayed level after the first end. A strong second end gave India a three-point cushion, but South Korea responded with a perfect third end to trim the lead to one.

Going into the final three arrows, India needed 29 to win outright. Chikitha and Prithika both shot 10s and Jyothi added a nine, giving exactly the total required. Prithika was India's top scorer in that match with 79, and across both the semi-final and the final she dropped only one point in 16 arrows.

South Korea's line-up included 14-year-old Kang Yeonseo, who had earlier knocked Jyothi out of the individual event in the round of 16 with a perfect 150. South Korea went on to beat Chinese Taipei for bronze.

Milestones for all three archers

For Jyothi, the veteran of the group, this is a fourth Asian Games gold. For Chikitha and Prithika, both competing at their first Asiad, it is a maiden title at the Games. That blend of experience and new talent bodes well for Indian compound archery, a discipline in which the country has become one of Asia's most consistent medal winners.

There could be more to come. Chikitha and Sahil Jadhav beat Thailand 156-155 in the compound mixed team semi-final and will contest a gold-medal match.

Elsewhere for India on Day 11

The women's squash team beat Singapore 2-0 in the quarter-finals, which guarantees at least a bronze medal. In track cycling, Sarita Kumari and Keerthy Rangaswamy Chikka moved into the women's keirin repechage, while Ronaldo Singh and David Beckham advanced to the round of 16 in the men's sprint.

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