Hangzhou:<\/strong> Jyothi Surekha Vennam defeated the Republic of Korea\u2019s So Chaewon in the final to bag a gold medal in the Compound Women\u2019s Individual archery event, becoming the most successful Indian participant at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday.<\/p>\n Jyothi registered a commanding 149-145 victory in the gold medal match.<\/p>\n This is her third gold medal in this edition of the Asian Games.<\/p>\n She had earlier picked gold medals in Compound Women\u2019s Team and Compound Women\u2019s Mixed Team competitions in Hangzhou.<\/p>\n India\u2019s 17-year-old reigning World Champion Aditi Gopichand Swami claimed bronze medal in the event by beating Indonesian R.Z. Fadhly in the match to decide the third place.<\/p>\n Aditi won the match 146-140 in difficult conditions.<\/p>\n The focus was on Jyothi as she came back from a point deficit to overcome. So she started with two scores of 10s and a nine while the Korean shot three 10s in the first round (called as Ebd in archery and comprises three arries shot by each archer).<\/p>\n But in the second end, the Korean shot an eight besides two 10s for a score of 28 while Jyothi scored 30 to take 59-58 lead.<\/p>\n The Indian shot three perfect rounds of 30 in each of the three rounds while her Korean opponent could manage three 29s, thus securing the gold for India.<\/p>\n (IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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