VENNAM STOPS KOREAN CLEAN SWEEP AT ASIAN CHAMPS
India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam prevented a Korean clean sweep of the gold medals at the 22nd Asian Archery Championships, when she won the compound women’s final on the penultimate day of competition in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in November.
The win went down to millimetres, after her opponent, Korea's Oh Yoohyun, had an arrow downgraded in a dramatic finale.
“I’m super happy today,” said Vennam after the match. “I was waiting for the judge’s call [and knew] whatever the judge decides it will be the final one… Maybe it will be a tie or it will be a win.”
It was Vennam's fourth gold in four editions of the continental championships, after a toplevel year during which she took three silver medals at the World Championships.
Apart from the compound women's individual, every other gold medal at the championships was won by Korea, who also managed a clean sweep of both individual recurve podiums.