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17-year-old Indian prodigy Aditi Swami became the first-ever Indian to clinch the individual World Title at the World Archery Championships final today.
Aditi, who won the junior world title last month, beat Mexico’s Andrea Becerra 149-147 in the summit clash to become the first Indian world champion in an individual event at the senior world championships.
The Satara teenager, who had won the Under-18 title in Youth Championships in Limerick in July, shot a near perfect score of 149 out of a possible 150 points to prevail over the Mexican giant-killer by two points.
The 16th seed Andrea had knocked out reigning champion Sara Lopez in the pre-quarterfinals.
But Andrea faced a tough challenge from the sixth seeded Indian, who started off with a bang, drilling in all her first three arrows closer to the centre (X) to take a 30-29 first round lead.
Aditi was on target in all of her 12 arrows in the first four rounds to extend her lead by three points.
It was only in the final end, she shot one 9 out of the three arrows, but by then she had already sealed India’s second World Championship gold ever.
She had earlier defeated fellow Indian Jyothi Vennam in a tightly contested 145-149 contest in the semifinals. Jyothi though overcame the loss and nabbed yet another medal for India as she finished off Turkey’s Ipek Tomruk 150-146 in the bronze medal match and triumphed.
Earlier, the two Indian women along with the aid of Parneet Kaur won the gold medal at the 2023 Berlin World Archery Championships beating Mexico 235-229 in the final. In the process, the trio became the first Indian women’s compound team to carry the tag of world champions and ensured India opened its medal account in spectacular style.
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