The Indian men’s recurve team won a historic gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage-1 by defeating the world-champion South Korean team for the first time ever. The gold medal ended a 14-year gold medal drought at the men’s recurve team event at the Archery World Cup.India finished the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai with eight medals – five gold, two silvers and one bronze. This is India’s highest medal tally at any single edition of an archery World Cup.India sent a 16-member archery team for the Shanghai event. It consisted of eight men and eight women players.
Indian men’s recurve team historic gold
- The Indian men’s recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav defeated the World no.1 ranked South Korean team in the final.
- The Indian team defeated South Korea’s team consisting of World and Asian Games champions Lee Wooseok and Olympic champions Kim Je Deok and Kim Woojin 5-1 (57-57, 57-55, 55-53) to win a gold medal after 14 years.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins hat trick of Gold Medal
- Asian Games champion and World number 3 Jyothi Surekha Vennam of Andhra Pradesh won a hat-trick of gold medals in the compound event. She won gold in the individual, women’s team and mixed team events.
- In the last 19th Hangzhou Asian Games, Jyothi also won a hat trick of gold by winning the compound individual event, women’s team, and mixed team events.
- Jyothi defeated Andrea Becerra of Mexico to win the women’s individual compound gold medal.
- In the mixed compound event, Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma won the gold medal,
- In the women’s compound team event, Jyothi, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur won the gold medal.
- Jyothi Vennam has won a total of 19 medals at the Archery World Cup -eight gold medals, four silver medals and seven bronze medals.
Indian Medal Winners at the Shanghai World Cup Stage 1
At the Shanghai event, the Indian team won a total of eight medals: five gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal.
| .Serial Number | Event | Players | Medal |
| 1 | Men’s Recurve Team | Tarundeep Rai, Mrinal Chauhan, Pravin Jadhav, Dhiraj Bommadevara | Gold |
| 2 | Mixed Compound | Jyothi and Abhishek Verma | Gold |
| 3 | Women’s Individual compound | Jyothi Vennam | Gold |
| 4 | Men’s Compound Team | Riyansh, Prathamesh Fuge, Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan | Gold |
| 5 | Women’s Compound Team | Avneet Kaur, Parneet Kaur, Aditi Gopichand Swami, Jyothi Surekha Vennam | Gold |
| 6 | Men’s Compound Individual | Priyansh | Silver |
| 7 | Women’s Individual Recurve | Deepika Kumari | Silver |
| 8 | Mixed Recurve Team | Ankita Bhakat,Dhiraj Bommadevara | Bronze |
18th Archery World Cup 2024
- The Archery World Cup Stage -1 was organised by the World Archery in Shanghai, China, from 23 -28 April 2024.
- It is the first of the four World Cup events to be organised by the World Archery in 2024.
- The 2024 World Cup events are organised annually by the World Archery Federation, and this is the 18th edition of the Archery World Cup.
The schedule of the 18th Archery World Cup 2024
| Stage | Date | Venue |
| 1 | 23-28 April | Shanghai (China) |
| 2 | 21-26 May | Yecheon (South Korea) |
| 3 | 18-23 June | Antalya (Turkey) |
| Final | 19-20 October | Tlaxcala (Mexico) |
World Archery
- World Archery is the global governing body of men’s and women’s archery.
- The World Archery was founded in 1931 to promote and develop archery sports worldwide.
- World Archery is based in the Olympic capital of Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Members: 168 countries
- Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland