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India bag four gold, three bronze on golden Day 11 at Asian Games

Aichi-Nagoya, Sept 30 (UNI) India produced a golden surge on Day 11 of the Asian Games, adding seven medals, including four gold and three bronze, with compound archers completing a clean sweep of all three team titles and securing an Olympic quota for LA 2028.
The compound archery squad dominated the day, with the women's team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi retaining the title with a world record-equalling 238 points against China.
Chikitha and Sahil Jadhav then prevailed in a dramatic mixed team final against South Korea. After the contest ended 157-157, India won the shoot-off, with both archers hitting 10s while the Korean final arrow landed in the nine. The victory retained India's Asian Games title and secured an LA 2028 quota in the event, which will make its Olympic debut.
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