Archery World Cup | Abhishek Verma wins compound individual gold, opens tally for India
The Hindu
India are eyeing three more medals in the recurve team, individual and mixed pair event, slated for Sunday
Star compound archer Abhishek Verma stunned American heavyweight Kris Schaff in a shoot-off to bag a gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 here on Saturday. In a neck-and-neck final clash, the duo dropped just two points each to be locked 148-all after the regulation five ends. The world number five Schaff started the shoot-off with a nine and Verma, showing nerve of steel, clinched the contest in style with a perfect 10 to open India's account. It was Verma's second individual World Cup gold medal. The 32-year-old Indian last won an individual medal in 2015 at World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250217064624.jpg)
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