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Tokyo Olympics: Atanu, Tarundeep, Deepika in Indian recurve archery squad

Seasoned Atanu Das and Tarundeeep Rai among men and Deepika Kumari in the women's section will headline the Indian recurve archery contingent during this year's Tokyo Olympics. After the final selection trials (Trial 3) at the Army Insitute of Sports in Pune, a six-strong squad which has three male and equal number of female archers was selected for the quadrennial extravaganza. Besides Atanu and Tarundeep, the other archer in the Indian men's team is Pravin Jadhav, while Ankita Bhakat and Komolika Bari complete the women's squad. "The selection for the Olympic team on a points system took into consideration the scores of Trial 2 that took place in November 2020, the scores of this trial and whether the archer had won an Olympic quota," a release issued by the Sports Authority of India stated. The men's recurve team had already won a quota by winning a silver medal at the 2019 Archery World Championships held in the Netherlands. "By winning this quota, they were eligible for singl

Archery Association of India gets back govt recognition after 8 years

Archery Association of India on Wednesday finally got back the recognition 8 years after it was withdrawn for its failure to conduct elections in accordance with the National Sports Development Code

National archery camp to resume on August 25 at ASI, Pune, says SAI

The national archery camp for Olympic hopefuls will resume at the Army Sports Institute in Pune on August 25, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Thursday

Aarogya Setu must, no sparring, no baton exchange for contact sports

Athletics, hockey, badminton, boxing and shooting were among the 11 disciplines that were permitted to resume outdoor training following relaxations in the lockdown.

World Archery puts all its 13 staff on 'temporary partial unemployment'

Following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, World Archery executive board has suspended all its events till August 31, resulting in a huge losses to the federation.

Asian Championships: Deepika strikes gold, Ankita wins silver in archery

The duo had earlier secured an individual Olympic quota for the country by storming into the semifinals of the event

Administrative overhaul brings new hope for India's off-target archery

The Archery Association of India finally held its elections and former IAS officer BVP Rao was elected president, ending Vijay Kumar Malhotra's reign which dated back to 1973