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India Seeks Mixed Compound Team Gold Over Korea And Taiwan
India wants to win another mixed-team gold in compound archery.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam is one of India’s strongest archers.
She won this event with Ojas Deotale at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
This time, the gold medal could also give India a quota place for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Vennam’s male teammate will be very important because both archers must shoot well together.
India may pair her with Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav or Ganesh Thirumani.
Korea and Chinese Taipei are strong rivals, while Kazakhstan and Malaysia are also improving.
The competition will test accuracy, teamwork and how quickly the two archers manage their shooting time.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Deotale won mixed-team gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The mixed-team gold at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games offers a quota place for the Los Angeles Olympics.
India’s potential male partners for Vennam include Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Thirumani.
Korea remains a major threat despite changing its mixed-team lineup after losing at the 2025 World Championships.
Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan and Malaysia are also identified as contenders in the mixed-team competition.
- Who
- India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam and potential male partners will compete against teams including Korea and Chinese Taipei.
- What
- They will contest the compound archery mixed-team gold medal.
- Where
- Aichi Nagoya.
- When
- At the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games; the articles do not give specific dates.
- Why
- The mixed-team gold offers a quota place for the Los Angeles Olympics.
India’s Case
Rivals’ Case
Recent form and rankings
India’s Case
India is the highest-ranked Asian mixed team at fourth globally, and Vennam has been consistently successful internationally.
Rivals’ Case
Korea, Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan are also ranked in the global top 20, while Malaysia has won a World Cup mixed-team bronze.
Experience under pressure
India’s Case
Vennam and Deotale already won Asian Games mixed-team gold, and Vennam has multiple World Championship and World Cup medals.
Rivals’ Case
Korea has Kim Jong-ho, who won four consecutive World Championship mixed-team titles with different partners through 2019.
Team combinations
India’s Case
India rotates its three women and three men in practice to prepare different pairings.
Rivals’ Case
Korea changed its lineup after losing to Chinese Taipei in the 2025 World Championship quarterfinals, showing that other teams are also adapting.
Key facts
- India’s mixed-team ranking
- India is ranked fourth globally, behind the Netherlands, United States and Denmark.
- Vennam’s World Championship medals
- She has won two mixed-team silvers and one bronze across eight editions.
- Recent mixed-team result
- Vennam and Rishabh Yadav won silver at the 2025 World Championships.
- Previous Asian Games result
- Vennam and Ojas Deotale won mixed-team gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
- Potential Indian male archers
- Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Thirumani are identified as possible partners.
- Asian teams in global top 20
- Chinese Taipei is eighth, Korea ninth and Kazakhstan 11th in the mixed-team rankings.
Quotes
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Indian compound archer and mixed-team World Championships medallist
“There’s also motivation that India mixed teams are strong and we have proved it since a long time. And that’ll be the case in future too. Olympics event is new for us but it’s same mentality as well as training.”
indianexpress.com
“There will be extra motivation to seal a quota place. While we train hard with same passion and intensity as always, people’s perception changes with this”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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