Indian archers Parth Salunkhe and compound archer Ojas Deotale hailing from Maharashtra got better scores than at least four existing world records at the National Junior (under-21) assessment trials in Sonipat on Thursday.
Most likely, these performances will be officially the entries as world records but only after ratification from World Archery. Salunkhe performed superior than the world records for 144 arrows (1353 points out of 1440) and double 70m round (1354).
Previously, the record for 144 arrows was made by Korean archer Kim Seoung Hoon (1351) in 2011. American Joonsuh Oh (1348) set the double 70m record in 2021.
On the other hand, Deotale scored 1423 and 1427 out of 1440 to go leap past the world record mark of 1419 for 144 arrows twice in a day. The record was earlier scripted by Dutch archer Mike Schloesser in 2014.
Deotale’s scores were also more than Germany’s Paolo Kunsch’s total of 1422, which was set in 2020, over a double 50m round.
