India wins gold in Archery World Cup 2017: What is compound archery? [VIDEO]

While it remained perfect for the Indian compound archery team in Shanghai, heartbreaks were in store for the recurve teams. So what is the difference between recurve and compound archery?

archery india — India men's compound archery team: [From left] Amanjeet Singh, Chinna Raju Srither, Abhishek VermaScreengrab

The last 12 hours or so have been quite significant for Indian sports. First, the India U17 football team recorded a historic win over Italy U17 side, and now, a gold medal has been bagged by the Indian men's compound archery team at the Archery World Cup 2017 in Shanghai.

India recorded a 226-221 victory over Colombia in their gold medal match on Saturday, May 20.

Archery world cup stage 1

Compound Team Gold Medalist

Team India ??

Abhishek Verma
Amanjeet Singh
Chinna Raju srither

Well Done ?? pic.twitter.com/zL6x6RR2D3
— Sports India (@SportsIndia3) May 20, 2017

Chinna Raju Srither, Amanjeet Singh and Abhishek Verma were the three achievers for India.

The Indian men's compound archery team's journey towards the gold

Final	India 226 - 221 Colombia
Semi final	India 232 - 230 USA
Quarter final	India 232 - 230 Iran
First round	India 226 - 225 Vietnam

So, what exactly is compound archery?

Heartbreak for the recurve archers

Rio 2016 Olympics participants Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari made exits from their respective recurve teams.

While the men's recurve archer team lost 0-3 to Japan in the quarterfinals, the women's recurve archers had a shocking first round exit after being beaten 2-6 by USA.