Archers Jyothi and Ojas complete golden hat-trick

Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale entered this Asian Games with contrasting goals. While Vennam, competing in her third Asian Games, was searching for her first success at this stage, Deotale, in his first Asian Games, was looking to add weight to his world champion tag.

- Shantanu Srivastava

On a cold and wet Saturday morning at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre, the two compound archers met their goals in style, ending the Hangzhou Asiad with three gold apiece as India won all five compound gold medals on offer.

Veteran Abhishek Verma went down to Deotale in an all-India final to add a silver to India's tally while the 17-year-old world champion Aditi Swami bagged a bronze medal in the women's individual compound event. India thus ended their archery campaign with nine medals, seven of which came in the compound division.

Vennam beat South Korea's Chaewon So 149-145 in the individual compound final to bag her third gold at Hangzhou. With wind conditions favourable after the last couple of tough days, Vennam shot with familiar calm and precision, missing the 10 only once in 15 shots to score 140 out of a possible 150. The Korean, barring a first perfect series, erred in every following sequence to finish with 145.