Asian Games gold medalist archer Abhishek Verma has set a new world record in the Senior Ranking Archery Tournament underway at Punjabi University, Patiala. The meet is being held to select the team for the forthcoming World Cup and World championship. Arjuna awardee Verma scored 710 points, breaking his own previous national record of 709 points set during a senior ranking tournament at New Delhi last year. An ecstatic Verma said that every archer should have fresh and record breaking targets in mind, only then a player can perform well in international and national level competitions. A total of 136 archers including 10 Olympians are taking part in the tournament. This is for the first time that the tournament of this level is being conducted in Punjab.