Hyderabad: Srinithi Kaldindi, a 9-year-old archer from Delhi Public School, Ghatkesar, has won the gold medal in the Under-14 girls Indian Round at the CBSE South Zone-I Archery Championship held at Ridge School, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
Scored 659 out of 720 to finish first
Shooting at 30 metres, Srinithi scored 320 in the first round and 339 in the second for an aggregate of 659 out of 720 to finish first in her category.
The event drew 99 entries in the Under-14 girls Indian Round, of whom 73 archers took the line.
At 9, she was among the youngest in a bracket open to archers up to 13 years of age. It was also her first competitive outing at 30 metres.
This is not Srinithi's first gold
The gold comes months after her biggest result yet.
In March, Srinithi won gold in the Indian Round girls Under-10 category at the 7th NTPC Cherukuri Lenin Volga Memorial Kids Open National Championship at Namburu, Guntur. She topped the ranking round with 358 out of 360, including 19 X-ring hits, finishing eight points clear of the field to be ranked No. 1 in India in her category.
She began competing in 2022, winning a district bronze in her first season, and represents the Telangana Archery Association.