World Archery Championship: Indians men’s individual campaign ends in compound event

A day after helping India claim the men’s team title, Rishabh Yadav, Aman Saini and Prathamesh Fuge saw their individual journey ending in the quarterfinals of the World archery championships in Gwangju, Korea, on Monday (September 8, 2025).

Resuming their campaigns, the Indians won their respective pre-quarterfinal clashes. Fuge hogged the limelight by scoring a perfect 150 and upsetting World No.1 Dutchman Mike Schloesser by a point.

In the quarterfinals, Rishabh put up a strong fight against Nicolas Girard before the Frenchman won 146-145 on the last shot.

Fuge gave World No.2 Mathias Fullerton a run for his money but lost 148-148 (9-10) via shoot-off.

Saini dropped points in four out of five ends as Curtis Broadnax bagged the contest 147-144.

In the women’s individual, V. Jyothi Surekha, Parneet Kaur and Prithika Pradeep reached the pre-quarterfinals to stay in medal contention.

The results:

Compound: Individual:

Men: Rishabh Yadav bt Robin Jaatma (Est) 148-140 (pre-quarterfinal), lost to Nicolas Girard (Fra) 145-146 (quarterfinal); Prathamesh Fuge bt Mike Schloesser (Ned) 150-149 (pre-quarterfinal), lost to Mathias Fullerton (Den) 148-148, shoot-off: 9-10 (quarterfinal); Aman Saini bt Jean Philippe Boulch (Fra) 144-143 (pre-quarterfinal), lost to Curtis Broadnax (USA) 144-147 (quarterfinal).

Women: Prithika Pradeep bt Viktoriya Lyan (Kaz) 145-139 (1st round), bt Nguyen Thi Hai Chau (Vie) 145-142 (2nd round), bt Lisell Jaatma (Est) 148-145 (3rd round); V. Jyothi Surekha got byes (1st and 2nd rounds), bt Sofie Marcussen (Den) 149-148 (3rd round); Parneet Kaur bt Milica Petronijevic (Slo) 144-129 (1st round), bt Adriana Castillo (Mex) 146-145 (2nd round), bt Giulia Di Nardo (Ita) 148-146 (3rd round).