Indian male team won a gold medal (a photo of a file) India reached a historical milestone because the male combined archery team secured its first gold medal at the World Championship in archery on Sunday. The winning team consisted of Aman Saini, Rishabh Yadav and Prathamesh Bhalchandra Fuge.The Indian team defeated the French group including Nicolas Girard, Jean Philippe Boulch and François Dubois. France had previously won gold in Jakarta 1995, when the Commons Team events were first introduced at the World Championship.The journey of the Indian team began in the second round with an exciting victory against Australia and won 30-28 after a 232-point tie. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!In the quarterfinals, they continued their success with a close victory of 234-233 over America and a victory of 234-232 against Turkiy in the semifinals.Rishabh Yadav gathered his second medal of the day and competed alongside Jyothi Surekha Vennam in the event of the mixed Compound team. In the finals, the Indian couple lost silver after lost with the Dutch Mike Schloesser and Sanne de Lat.Rishabh and Jyothi had an impressive year together. In May, they set a world record at the World Cup in Shanghai 2025 and secured gold at the World Cup World Cup in Central Florida.The couple showed exceptional accuracy during the tournament. In three matches they only dropped six nine and in the second round they achieved a perfect score of 160 with 7 XS against Germany. They followed with a victory of 157-155 over the Chinese Taiwa in the semifinals.This silver medal refers to India India mixed team medals at the World Championship after their previous silver in Yankton 2021, where Jyothi connected with Abhishek Verma.
