Indian compound archers delivered a dominant performance at the Asia Cup-World Ranking Tournament Stage 1, clinching the mixed team gold and women's team silver, while also sweeping the men's individual podium.
The team bagged two silver medals in the recurve section, taking their tally to two gold, four silver, and four bronze medals, surpassing their eight-medal haul at the previous edition.
Uday Kamboj edged past Prathamesh Jawkar 145-144 in a thrilling all-Indian final to clinch his maiden international gold, while seasoned campaigner Rajat Chauhan secured a bronze.
Chauhan confirmed the Indian clean sweep when he used all his experience to drill in three perfect arrows in the final end to down local favourite Peerawat Rattanapongkiat 145-144 in a tense bronze playoff.
Eighteen-year-old Tejal Salve defeated Mariia Dimidiuk, a Russian archer competing under a neutral flag, 144-135 to win the bronze in the women's compound individual section.
Earlier in the morning session, the top-seeded compound mixed team pair of Chikitha Taniparthi and Chauhan held their nerve to edge past second-seeded Malaysia 158-156 in a tense gold-medal clash.
The Indian women's compound team comprising Chikitha, Raj Kaur, and Tejal Salve settled for a silver after going down 227-229 to Kazakhstan's Viktoriya Lyan, Diana Yunussova, and Roxana Yunussova in the final.
India also secured two silver medals in the recurve section, with Ridhi Phor finishing runner-up in the women's individual event and the Indian men's recurve team settling for a silver after a narrow defeat to Kazakhstan.
