7 Compound Archers Inducted into TOPS Core Group by Mission Olympic Cell

New Delhi: The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has inducted seven compound archers in TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme) Core Group at its 155th meeting on Wednesday.

The MOC took cognizance of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recent decision to make compound archery part of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. It is the first time since archery’s re-introduction to the Olympic Games in 1972 that a new bow style has been added to the competition. The seven compound archers inducted directly into the TOPS Core group are Ojas Pravin Deotale, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami, Abhishek Verma, Parneet Kaur, Priyansh, Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar.

Recently, compound archers demonstrated their dominance in the sport at the Archery World Cup in Florida, USA. India’s most decorated compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam clinched three gold medals there. The Asian Games gold medallist bagged the women’s team’s top honours with Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur. She then teamed up with Abhishek Verma to win the mixed team gold. Jyothi also beat Mexico’s Andrea Becerra to win the individual gold medal.

In the men’s event, the team comprising Abhishek Verma, Priyansh, and Prathamesh Fuge grabbed the gold, while Priyansh settled for silver. For induction in TOPS Core, the seven archers fulfilled the eligibility criteria of having an average arrow score of 9.77+ for men and 9.67+ for women apart from being a medallist at the recently held World Championships or World Games.  (IANS)

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