India's compound mixed pair of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and debutant Ojas Deotale showed perfect chemistry and cruised to the Gold Medal with wins across all four rounds of the competition against the 12th seed Chinese Taipei pairing of Chen Yi-Hsuan and Chen Chien-Lun in Antalya, Turkey, on Saturday, April 22.
They beat their opponents with a scoreline of 159 points out of a possible 160 from the 16 arrows that they shot.
Earlier, in the semifinal, the duo defeated Malaysia's Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh and Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki 157-154 to set up a gold medal clash against 12th seed Chinese Taipei, slated on Saturday.
This was also India's second-ever World Cup gold medal in the mixed compound event. Jyothi and veteran Abhishek Verma had clinched their maiden gold in World Cup-3 in Paris 2022.
In the absence of India's multiple World Cup winner Verma, who failed to make the cut from the national trials, the new-look Indian pair hardly looked short on experience and hit the centre an incredible 15 times from 16 arrows to defeat their 12th-seeded rivals in a lopsided final.
Of the 15 perfect 10s, 12 times they hit the X (closer to the centre).
The second-seeded Indian duo of Jyothi and 20-year-old Deotale dropped just one point only once in the final end otherwise it would have been a perfect 160/160.
There was no stopping Jyothi and Deotale who drilled in a string of perfect 10s to race to a 120-116 lead in the penultimate end.
The second end was a fairytale affair as they hit the X all on their four attempts to make it 80-76 in their favour.
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