Essen, July 26 -- India's compound mixed team archery of Parneet Kaur and Kushal Dalal went on to clinch their first gold medal at the FISU World University Games 2025 on Friday.

The same event will feature at the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Games with compound archery set for its Olympic debut.

The Indian pair scored an impressive 157 to edge out the Republic of Korea's Park Yerin and Seunghyun Park by three points in a closely fought final, as per Olympics.com.

The South Korean team led 78-77 at the halfway mark, but the Indian duo steadily pulled ahead over the final two stages.

This was India's third compound archery medal at the 2025 World University Games, held in Rhine-Ruhr.

In the compound men's team final, the Indian trio of Kus...