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Prathamesh Fuge, Rishabh Yadav and Aman Saini made India proud by profitable the boys’s first-ever compound gold on the World Archery Championships, in Gwangju on September 7, 2025. Photo: X/@india_archery
The trio of Rishabh Yadav, Aman Saini and Prathamesh Fuge gave its greatest to report a come-from-behind 235-233 (57-59, 60-58, 59-59, 59-57) win in an intensely-fought closing.
Rishabh and the skilled V. Jyothi Surekha took the combined workforce silver after India misplaced 155-157 (39-38, 37-39, 40-40, 39-40) to the Netherlands, comprising Sanne de Laat and Mike Schloesser, in a decent summit conflict.
Frenchmen Nicolas Girard, Jean Philippe Boulch and Francois Dubois gained the primary finish of the boys’s closing however the Indians, who dispatched Australia, the USA and Turkey in a single day, fought again within the second to degree the scores.
The two groups remained tied even after the primary three arrows of the fourth finish. However, the Indians produced three 10s when it mattered essentially the most. In reply, the French, below strain, managed two 9s and a ten.
It was an ideal reward for the promising Rishabh, who confirmed consistency this 12 months to collect 5 medals, together with two gold, in World Cup levels and a bronze within the World Games.
The 23-year-old, mentored by the skilled Abhishek Verma, brilliantly overcame the frustration of shedding the combined workforce closing, the place India forfeited an early benefit.
It was a morale-booster for the seasoned Saini and Fuge, who returned to the Indian facet after about three years.
The three Indians are within the race for particular person medals.
The outcomes:
Compound: Individual: Men: Rishabh Yadav bought byes (1st and 2nd rounds), bt Elia Fregnan (Ita) 148-138 (third spherical); Prathamesh Fuge bt Quentin Croes (Ger) 146-142 (1st spherical), bt Akbarali Karabayev (Kaz) 149-147 (2nd spherical), bt Nico Wiener (Aut) 149-148 (third spherical); Aman Saini bt Eshaq Al Daghman (Irq) 148-147 (1st spherical), bt Andrew Fagan (Can) 147-146 (2nd spherical), bt Ajay Scott (Gbr) 147-147, shoot-off: 10*-10 (shot nearer to centre) (third spherical).
Team: Finals: Men: India (Rishabh, Saini, Fuge) bt France (Nicolas Girard, Jean Philippe Boulch and Francois Dubois) 235-233
Mixed: Netherlands (Sanne de Laat and Mike Schloesser) bt India (Rishabh, Jyothi Surekha) 157-155.
Published – September 07, 2025 12:56 pm IST
