In a significant achievement, Indian women compound archers secured the country’s first-ever gold medal at the World Archery Championship in Berlin by defeating top seed Mexico 235-229 in the final. In the semi-finals, the second-seed Indians knocked out defending champions Colombia 220-216.

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Lauding the team on their historic win, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur. Terming it as a proud moment, PM Modi tweeted, "Congratulations to our champions! Their hard work and dedication have led to this outstanding outcome."

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Earlier, the Indian women's compound team defeated Chinese Taipei and Turkey in the quarter-finals and the pre-quarterfinals, respectively after receiving a bye in the first round.

Reacting to the win, Vennam was quoted saying in a report by the Hindustan Times, "This is very special for us because it’s the first time India has won the gold medal to become world champions. We are hopeful that going forward, we will win more medals for the country.” The experienced 27-year-old was accompanied by two teenagers Parneet Kaur (18) and Aditi Gopichand Swami (17.)

Kaur has previously won an individual bronze in the Asia Cup Leg 2 held in Tashkent in April-May this year. Meanwhile, Swami emerged as the Under-18 compound world champion at the Youth World Championships in Limerick.

"Our complete focus was on winning and ensuring that we followed the process. Therefore, we could win gold. There was a lot of noise and everybody was cheering but we were not affected by that, we just concentrated on how to shoot our best," Kaur has said.