World Archery Youth Championships 2023: Indian win three medals on day-4
A 24-member Indian contingent is competing at the World Archery Youth Championships 2023 in Limerick, Ireland.
Published Date - 7 July 2023, 02:27 PM
Limerick: A 24-member Indian contingent is competing at the World Archery Youth Championships 2023 in Limerick, Ireland. The event started on Monday (July 3) and will conclude on Sunday (July 9).
The World Archery Youth Championships, now in its 18th edition, have events for men’s and women’s recurve and compound archers in the under-21 and under-18 age categories.
Individual, as well as team events, will take place at the University of Limerick. India have sent 12 archers each in the U21 and U18 age groups. India’s U21 archery squad is being led by compound archers Prathamesh Jawkar and Pragati. Prathamesh Jawkar bagged the gold medal at the Shanghai stage of the Archery World Cup 2023 in May while Pragati is a two-time Asia Cup champion at the senior level. Recurve archer Parth Salunke, who was part of the gold-winning men’s team in the 2021 youth championships, is also in the fray. India’s U18 contingent is being spearheaded by 17-year-old women’s compound archer Aditi Gopichand Swami, who achieved the U18 world record in the qualification round while competing at the senior Archery World Cup in Medellin, Colombia, last month.
The last edition of the World Archery Youth Championships held in Wroclaw, Poland, in 2021 saw India bag 15 medals in total, including eight golds, to top the medals table.
The 2023 edition has a total of 518 archers (277 men and 241 women) from 58 countries competing for medals in individual and team events.
World Archery Youth Championships 2023: India’s U21 squad Men’s recurve: Parth Salunkhe, Rohit Kumar, Aditya Choudhary Women’s recurve: Ridhi, Bhargavi Ben Vargishkumar Bhagora, Bhajan Kaur Men’s compound: Priyansh, Prathamesh Jawkar, Kushal Dalal Women’s compound: Avneet Kaur, Parneet Kaur, Pragati. Indian medal winners in U-21
Archers Event Medal Avneet Kaur and Priyansh Compound mixed team Gold Avneet Kaur, Parneet Kaur and Pragati Compound women’s team Gold Parth Salunkhe and Ridhi Recurve mixed team Bronze Indian medal winners in U-18
Archers Event Medal Aishwarya Sharma, Aditi Gopichand Swami, Ekta Rani Compound women’s team Gold Manav Ganeshrao Jadhao, Pawan Gat, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Compound men’s team Silver Aishwarya Sharma, Manav Ganeshrao Jadhao Compound mixed team Bronze Schedule
July 7, Friday: Recurve men’s and women’s team finals – 7:30 PM IST July 8, Saturday: Compound men’s and women’s individual finals – 8:30 PM IST July 9, Sunday: Recurve men’s and women’s individual finals – 8:30 PM IST