India bag 18 compound women’s, men’s & mixed team gold medals at Archery World Youth C’ships

India’s Under-18 archers clinched gold medals in the women’s, men’s and mixed team compound events at the Archery World Youth Championships in Wroclaw, Poland on Saturday to complete a team sweep.

The cadet archers also clinched individual medals with Priya Gurjar earning silver and Parneet Kaur winning bronze. The Under-21 category saw India’s Sakshi Chaudhary clinch silver and Rishabh Yadav bag bronze in the individual events.

While the Indian U18 women lived up to their top billing with a convincing win over Turkey, the men’s team upset top seeds USA in a thrilling final.

Priya Gurjar, Parneet Kaur and Ridhu Senthilkumar, who had combined for 2067 points to create a new U18 world record in compound women’s team qualification at this event, sailed through the final against Turkey to win 228-216.

The cadet compound…