Gwangju, Sept. 4 -- Olympian Deepika Kumari and compound ace Jyothi Surekha Vennam will be among 12 Indian players taking part in the World Archery Championships 2025, starting from Saturday.

The World Archery Championships, first held in 1931, have been a biennial event since the 1950s. Indian archers have won 15 medals in the competition - three gold, nine silver and three bronze. All three gold medals and one bronze were won at the last edition in 2023, hosted in Berlin, where India finished first, according to Olympics.com.

Aditi Swami became the youngest women's compound world champion, while India's Ojas Deotale won the men's compound title in the 2023 edition. Jyothi Surekha Vennam, who settled for an individual bronze in Berlin,...