Archery World Cup Stage Two: Jyothi finishes sixth in qualifiers; Koreans back to dominate

Jyothi Surekha Vennam, who won her maiden individual World Cup gold medal in Antalya, finished outside top-five in the Stage 2 qualifiers in Shanghai.

FILE PHOTO: Indian compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam.

Stage-1 gold medallist V. Jyothi Surekha and Ojas Deotale shot well in windy conditions to emerge as the best Indian archers in compound ranking rounds of the Archery World Cup Stage-2 in Shanghai on Tuesday.

Jyothi Surekha scored 693 points to take the sixth place among women, whereas Deotale collected 696 to claim the 17 ^th position among men in individual rankings.

Aditi Swami (689, 12th) and Avneet Kaur (687, 16th) were the other Indian women in fray. Sakshi Chaudhary pulled out of the tour at the last minute due to illness.

Male archers Rishabh Yadav (694, 25th), Prathamesh Jawkar (690, 33rd) and Rajat Chauhan (688, 38th) finished behind Deotale.

The Indian women’s team totalled 2069 points to place third, while the men’s team gathered 2080 points to be fifth. The mixed was sixth with 1389.