The exact same duo have a 100 per cent medal record from the past two years and it could be 75 per cent in top podiums as they have now guaranteed themselves to be on the stage final once again, this time at the iconic 5.18 Democracy Square on Sunday.
”The conditions were very sticky, but also very slippery release wise but just like I said in Madrid, it feels like we’re a great team,” added European champion De Laat. ”I hope we can get a repeat of Madrid, but we’ll see.”
”It can go either way cause all the teams are really high level at this moment but we’re definitely going to try our hardest.”
It really is a battle of the titans tomorrow as well as a tale of consistency versus quality with Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam standing in the way of the Netherlands.
The Indians broke the 144-arrow world record at Shanghai 2025 – stage 2 of the World Cup- in May and grabbed gold in Central Florida 2025 Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 1 together and bronze at Madrid 2025 Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 4, catapulting themselves as the number one ranked team on the planet.
Yadav and Vennam dropped just six nines out of their three matches and hit a perfect 160 [7 Xs] against helpless Germany in the second round before defeating Chinese Taipei 157-155 in the semis – Huang I-Jou and Chang Cheng Wei the athletes responsible for eliminating home nation Korea.
It will only be the second time India compete for a compound mixed team medal at a World Championships – following silver in Yankton 2021 where Jyothi featured again alongside Abhishek Verma – but much like the bridge between De Laat and Schloesser, Yadav heaped all the praise on the anchor of the team.
”I think it would be a bit biased to say we belong on the same level but she’s had many partners in the past,” said the 23 year old archer on the importance of Jyothi’s communication. ”With her experience I’m able to learn more and as a junior I really learned a lot [form her].”
”She knows how to make the wind calls so it really helps me and I’m able to pull it off as she guides.”
