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Jyoti Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale hit an incredible center 15 times from 16 arrows to defeat their 12th seeded rivals in a one-sided final against Chinese Taipei, which ended 159-154 in favor of the Indians.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and her debutant partner Ojas Deotale beat Chinese Taipei 159-154 as India opened their World Cup compound mixed team gold medal in the first leg of the World Cup on Saturday.
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It was also India’s second World Cup gold medal in the mixed compound event. Jyoti and veteran Abhishek Verma had won their maiden gold medal at the World Cup-3 in Paris 2022.
In the absence of India’s multiple World Cup winner Verma, who failed to make the cut for the national trials, the new-look Indian pair hardly made up for their lack of experience as the 12th seeds hit the center an incredible 15 times from their 16 arrows. . opponent in a one-sided final.
He hit the X (closer to center) 12 times out of 15 perfect 10s.
The second seeded Indian pair of Jyoti and 20-year-old Deotale fell only once in the final end, otherwise it would have been a perfect 160/160.
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There was no stopping Jyoti and Deotale, who executed perfect 10s to take a 120-116 lead going into the final end.
The second end was a fairytale as they scored four of their tries to take the X’s to 80-76 in their favour.
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