Adding more feathers to India’s cap is the women’s compound archery team, who have officially clutched the top rank from the fifth position.

The team comprises of V Jyothi Surekha, Trisha Deb, P Lily Chanu, Muskan Kirar, Divya Dhayal, and Madhumita, with their silver medal-winning effort in the Antalya and Berlin World Cups, enabled the team in reaching world number one with 342.6 points leading Chinese Taipei team by six points.

According to reports, this achievement gives India a big boost ahead of next month’s Asian Games in Indonesia. It is reported that this is the first time that the women’s compound team but not so for archer Deepika Kumari, who had been a former world number one in the past.

Compound women team earned top rank in world and created history in #Indian #archery… congratulations to all the team members who worked really hard for getting this position.
Congratulations and thanks to each and every person behind this achievement. 🇮🇳🇮🇳 #worldranking pic.twitter.com/9bmo8PvvN4

— ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (@india_archery) July 26, 2018

 

 

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