Antalya [Turkiye]June 22 (ANI): Indian women's composite team of Jyothi Surekha Venam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swamy won the gold medal in the third phase of the ongoing Shooting World Cup, which took place held Saturday in Antalya, Turkey.
This is their third consecutive medal at the Shooting World Cup, having won medals in the first stage held in Shanghai and the second stage held in Jecheon, South Korea.
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This victory also established Jyothi, Barnett and Aditi as the highest ranked combined shooting team in women's competitions worldwide.
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The trio of Jyothi, Barnett and Aditi defeated Turkey 234-227 in the semi-final.
Indian archer Priyansh also won a silver medal in the men's singles event, where he lost to world number one and former world champion Mike Schlosser of the Netherlands, 149-148, in the match for the title.
Earlier on Saturday, the Indian men's reverse shooting team failed to secure the country's quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics from the final of the World Quota Championship. The Indian team comprising Tarundeep Rai, Dheeraj Bommadevara and Praveen Jadhav lost to Mexico in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, the top three teams secured the Paris 2024 Olympic quota in the men's reverse team event.
The Indian women's reverse shooting team, comprising Dipika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat, were defeated by Ukraine's Veronika Marchenko, Anastasia Pavlova and Olha Chebotarenko in their round of 16 match last Friday.
The third stage of the World Cup will be held in Antalya from June 18 to 23, with India participating with 12 players.
India emerged as the best team in the first phase of the competition held in Shanghai, winning eight medals, including five gold, two silver and one bronze. In the second stage of the competition in Yichun, India won two medals, including gold in the women's composite team and silver in the mixed composite team.
The third round of the World Cup will be the last event for repeat shooters before the end of the qualification period for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The third round will also be the last round of the 2024 World Cup before the final of the World Cup. will take place in Mexico next October. (that I)
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