Four Indian archers Aditi Swami, Jyothi Vennam, Ojas Deotale and Abhishek Verma are through to compound quarterfinals after they won in the first two rounds at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.Indias first individual world champion Aditi Swami won 148-146 against Indonesias Syahara Khoerunisa. Earlier, the 17-year-old Indian archer had beaten Imayung Rai in the previous round.Meanwhile, Jyothi Vennam has beaten Iraqs Fatimah Saad Mahmood by 146-141, following the 145-132 success against Anuradha Wijesinghe Karunaratne in the 1/16 eliminator.3️⃣ Bronze 🥉with our Archers proceeding to the Quarterfinals, this is todays #AsianGames2022 mid-day wrap for you✅Stay tuned for the medal events in athletics in the 2nd half.👍🏻Till then, #Cheer4India#Hallabol#JeetegaBharat#BharatAtAG22 pic.twitter.com/mEUTVOw9Un— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 2, 2023On the other hand, Indias first mens world champion Ojas Deotale also bagged a 148-138 victory against Kuwaits Ahmad Alshatti in the 1/16 eliminator. But then the 21-year-old Indian archer won a close fight pre-quarterfinal against Chinese Taipeis Chen Chieh-Lun by 146-145.Three-time Asian Games medallist Abhishek Verma won 146-142 against Vietnams Nguyen van Day in the 1/8 eliminator after beating Belal Ayman Alawadi of Saudi Arabia earlier on Monday.The upcoming quarter-finals of the mens and womens compound individual archery will take place on Tuesday at 6:10 AM IST.The archery event started on Sunday, and already all the Indian archers have qualified for the quarter-finals. The archery events in the ongoing Asian Games will end on October 7.Indias archery team at the Asian Games in Hangzhou:Mens recurve – Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das, Mrinal Chauhan, Tushar Shelke.Womens recurve – Bhajan Kaur, Prachi Singh, Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur.Mens compound – Prathamesh Jawkar, Rajat Chauhan, Ojas Pravin Deotale, Abhishek Verma.Womens compound – Avneet Kaur, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami, Parneet Kaur.(With inputs from ANI)
