The new Indian archery teams were defeated in the quarterfinals of the World Cup Stage 1 on Thursday, despite the absence of several prominent names. The team of Tarundeep Rai, Sachin Gupta, and Jayanta Talukdar received the top billing in qualifying, but lost 1-5 to war-torn Ukraine.
Category: Archery
SAI approves financial assistance to Asian Games and World Cup bound archers
The Sports Authority of India’s Mission Olympic Cell granted Rs 33.18 lakh in funding for its TOPS development archers on Wednesday. Parth Salunkhe, Aditya Choudhary, Dipti Kumari, Simranjeet Kaur, Neeraj, Ridhi, Madhu, Sudhanshu Bisht, Divyansh Kumar, and Tisha Punia are among the beneficiaries.
Archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das fail to make it to Asian Games 2022 team
After dismal outings in the selection trials conducted at the SAI Center in Sonepat, Haryana, Olympians Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, have been left out of the Asian Games 2022 team. Das lost in the pre-quarterfinals of the second leg of the trials on Saturday to Pravin Jadhav.
Deepika Kumari on road to rediscovery after dismal Tokyo 2020
The Indian archer Deepika Kumari’s plans for Tokyo 2020 did not come out well as once again she failed at the biggest stage and failed to win a medal for the country. The 27-year-old recurve women’s world number two came to the Games in the Japanese capital with the goal of winning an Olympic medal.
World Archery Para Championship | Shyam Sundar and Jyoti Baliyan enter finals in mixed team compound event
Indian para archers Shyam Sundar and Jyoti Baliyan created history as they entered the final of the mixed team event at the Dubai 2022 World Archery Para Championships. For the first time, the Indian archers have made it to the finals, having played in three World Championships earlier.
Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das dropped from TOPS list after unimpressive performances
In a fresh move, Olympians Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das have been dropped from India’s TOP scheme after the duo failed to live up to the expectations at the national archery ranking tournament 2022 earlier in January. The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) takes the decisions related to TOPS.
Asian Archery Championship 2021 | Recurve teams settle for silver, India end campaign with seven medals
Indian recurve archery teams managed to add two more silver medals and a bronze, on the final day of Asian Archery Championships 2021 in Dhaka on Friday. In the week-long continental competition, the Indian archers managed to clinch seven medals — one gold, four silvers, and two bronze.