Indian women's compound team rallied to down their Chinese Taipei rivals by one-point in a tense final to secure a second gold medal in archery at the Asian Games here on Thursday. The top-seeded reigning world champion trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur shot 60 out of 60 in a perfect final end to overcome their third-seeded rivals 230-229 in the last three arrows and seal their fifth medal in archery. (Live Blog | Medal Tally | Schedule | Streaming | Full Coverage)
This was India's second gold in this edition of the continental showpiece after Jyothi and Ojas Deotale secured the top spot in the pod♑ium in the compound mixed team event on Wednesday.
With𝔍 this, India have assured themselves of at least five medals in arch��ery at the continental showpiece.
India have also bettered their best-ever feat that came at Incheon 2014 where they had a share of one gold, one silver ൲and one bronze.
Deotale and Verma, by virtue of setting up an all-Indian final in men's compoundꦆ individual, have assured of two medals, while Jyothi confirmed at least a silver by advancing into the women's compound individual summit clash.
Earlier, India had crushed their fourth-seeded opponents 233-219 to set up a gold medal clash against Chinese Ta♔ipei.
The top-seeded Indian t📖rio also had an easy win in the quarterfinal eliminating lower-ranked Hong Kong 231-220.
The Indonesian team of Ratih Zilizati Fadhly, Syahara Khoerunisa, Sri Ranti had advanced into the semis with a tough 232-229 win over formidable Kazakhs💜tan.
The Indians mounted early pressure with a perfect start, shooting all 10s in their first set of six🐈 arrows as their rivals slipped to 51 to concede a nine-point lead.
Indonesia failed to recover from thereon, while India's Parneet Kaur, their lowest-ranked qualifier stepped up in style as India capp🔴ed a massive✤ 14-point win.
