Archery World Cup: Jyothi Surekha clinches individual silver after mixed team gold in Paris

Indian archers tasted their first success at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris when the mixed team pair of Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha won gold by defeating host nation France in the final on Saturday.

Jyothi then added another silver medal to her name after losing the women's compound individual final against the UK's Ella Gibson in an intense final that saw her rival win in the shoot-off with the slimmest of margin.

In the mixed final, Verma and Sureka defeated the fifth-seeded pair of Sophie Dodemont and Jean Philippe Boulch 152-149 in front of a boisterous home crowd in a final that saw the Indian pair shine in a closely-fought contest.

The match stretched all the way to the final arrow of the fifth set despite them taking an early lead in the gold medal match.

This was also Abhishek's third consecutive gold medal in the World Cup stages as he won the men's compound team events in Turkey and South Korea earlier this year.

The 32-year-old Arjuna Awardee also won the mixed team bronze medal in Gwangju while teaming up with Avneet Kaur.

In the women's individual final, Jyothi lost the final in the shoot off after Gibson shot closer to the centre in comparison to her India rival as the scores were tied at 10-10. In the regular five sets of the final, scores were level 148 each.