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.
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Compound Team Gold Medalist
Team India ??
Abhishek Verma
Amanjeet Singh
Chinna Raju srither
Well Done ?? pic.twitter.com/zL6x6RR2D3
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.
