India, Oct. 5 -- India's archers returned home from the Asian Games with five gold medals, two Olympic quota places and a renewed sense that the pressure surrounding the country's next generation has finally eased after a history-making campaign in Nagoya.

The haul included landmark victories over South Korea and a first-ever Olympic quota place for India in compound archery, while the country's archers collected five medals in recurve and four in compound events.

Compound coach Dave Cousins said the results vindicated a new-look squad that had faced questions over whether its younger members could deliver on a major international stage.

"So early on, they wanted us to make predictions on how many medals we could get. The only thing we...