VIJAYAWADA: Indian women’s compound archery team has won the silver medal on Tuesday after losing to the defending champions South Korea in the ongoing 18th Asian Games being held at Jakarta, Indonesia.
City-based international archer Vennam Jyothi Surekha is one of the three members of the team comprising Muskan Kirar and Madhumita Kumari. The trio lost by 228-231 points to South Korea in the finals and bagged the first ever silver medal under compound archery category. In 2014 Asian Games, the women’s compound archery team had settled for a bronze after beating Iran in the third place play-off.
“We are very happy with our performance; we are glad that we have won the silver medal for the country. It’s great that the central government also supported us,” Jyothi Surekha told TNIE over phone. In Vijayawada, Surekha’s father Surendra celebrated his daughter’s victory by bursting crackers and distributing sweets.
“This is a proud moment. Surekha and her team won the first ever silver medal for the country in women’s compound archery team. The trio did their best to win,” Surendra said.
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