Archery News
Arjuna Awardee Sheetal Devi is a para-archer from Jammu and Kashmir who overcame her phocomelia condition to become the world's first armless female archer.
Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari won gold medal at archery World Cup Stage 3
They scored a 5-3 win over the Netherlands
It was India`s second gold medal of the day at the event
Ace archer and Olympian Deepika Kumari tied the knot with compatriot Atanu Das on Tuesday (June 30, 2020). Several politicians and celebrities from Jharkhand arrived at the ceremony to bless the couple.
Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Sunday clinched a bronze medal in the Archery World Cup Finals in Turkey. It was Kumari’s fifth podium finish in the World Cup Finals.
Indian compound archer Abhishek Verma beat Korea’s Kim Jongho to clinch a bronze medal in the Archery World Cup final in Turkey.
Rebecca Jones, who will become New Zealand’s first archer at the Games being staged in Argentina, qualified after winning her age group in the Oceania youth championships in July.
Indian women's compound team once again failed to cross the final hurdle, this time by a heartbreaking one point, to settle for a silver medal in the fourth and concluding stage of the Archery World Cup here today.
Indian recurve archers, including Olympians Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari knocked out of their respective events.
In the final, India will face seventh seed Chinese Taipei.
Besides Deepika, Laxmirani Majhi and Jayanta Talukdar too made quarterfinal exits in their respective events.
Kumari's score of 686/720 equalled the record-breaking score of 686/720 set by South Korean archer Ki Bo-Bae in 2015.
AAI treasurer Virender Sachdeva said that the Indian archers will participate in a top class mini international tournament in Antalya.
After much delay, the 12th edition of the Games will be held in the Indian north-eastern cities of Guwahati and Shillong February 5 to 16.
Abhishek Verma has bagged India's first ever 'Archery World Cup Final' medal in the compound section when he won a silver in Mexico City.
Indian recurve and compound duo of Deepika Kumari and Abhishek Verma have made the cut for the season ending Archery World Cup Final to be held in Mexico from October 24-25.
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