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World Archery Champion Aditi Gopichand: Eighteen-year-old Parneet Kaur got the better of the seasoned archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam to win the gold medal in the women’s compound individual event at the Asian Archery Championships 2023, here on Thursday.

According to information received, Parneet defeated Jyothi 9-8 in the shoot-off after both the archers were tied at 145 at the end of five sets.

Parneet, who finished fourth in the qualifying round, earlier defeated Kazakhstan’s Lyan Viktoriya 147-145 semifinals while Jyothi beat Huang I-Jou of Chinese Taipei’s 148-145 to set up an all-Indian final.