New Delhi: Indian men's team won the gold medal in the compound event at the 14th Asian Archery Championships which ended at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday.
The team also bagged a silver and a bronze in the recurve event.
The hosts finished the meet with a haul of seven medals including two gold, one silver and two bronze in compound and one silver and a bronze in recurve.
Vivek Kumar, Sivnath Nagesia, Naresh Damor and CH Lenin, representing India, scored 246 points to win the gold in compound.
China got the silver while Thailand came in third to claim the bronze medal.
Indian men could not upstage the hot favourite Koreans in recurve, and had to be satisfied with the silver.
Indian team, comprising Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee, Tarundeep Rai and Sawayan Majhi, faltered in the first round of the final conceding a crucial lead of five points to the Koreans.
The Koreans won the gold with 251 points whereas India managed the silver with 243 points. The bronze went to Chinese Taipei (248).
In women's team recurve, the host team, consisting of Dola Banerjee, Reena Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro and Laxmi Rani Majhi, won the bronze medal with 229 points.
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