Punjab, Sept. 30 -- India won four golds on day eleven - a clean sweep of the compound archery titles and a trap mixed team gold with an Asian record. The tally is 60, and India is the first country to secure an archery quota for LA 2028.
The archery sweep
Three finals, all three won, two of them against China by a combined five points.
Why 238 out of 240 is the number
Compound archery at this level is not really an accuracy contest. A 238 from 240 means the team dropped two points across sixteen arrows at 50 metres.
At that standard, the sport becomes a test of who fails first under pressure, which is why the men's final came down to a single point and the mixed team went to a shoot-off.
The Olympic quota is the bigger prize
Compoun...