The Indian compound mixed team, comprising Pragati and Aman Saini, won the gold medal in the World University Games in Chengdu on Sunday.
Apart from the gold, Indian archers collected a silver and two bronze medals to bag four medals in team events.
Pragati and Saini rallied to beat Korea 157-156 in the final. After trailing 38-40 in the opening end, the Indian pair took the next two ends 40-39 and 40-37 to establish a two point lead. Even though the Korean duo of Sua Cho and Seunghyun Park claimed the fourth end 40-39, the Indians managed a slender one point win.
In the women’s gold medal match, India, consisting of Purvasha Shende, Pragati and Avneet Kaur, lost 224-229 to Korea to settle for the silver.
The men’s team, including Saini, Sangampreet Singh Bisla and Rishabh Yadav, defeated Korea 229-226 to secure the bronze medal.
In the recurve women’s team event, India, comprising Sangeeta, Tanisha Verma and Reeta Sawaiyan, pipped France 5-4 (tie-breaker 28-19) to take the bronze.
The men’s side, including Sachin Gupta, Sanjay Bhoge and Akhil Samudrala, went down 3-5 to Italy in the fight for the bronze.
