A new-look Indian international squad will take the field at the Archery World Championships that starts with the qualification rounds in Y...
A new-look Indian international squad will take the field at the Archery World Championships that starts with the qualification rounds in Yankton, USA on Tuesday.
With the archers who were part of the Olympic contingent not clearing the trials that happened soon after their Tokyo campaign, India’s squad for the prestigious World Archery event will witness some of the medallists from the recent youth championships.
The four archers, who couldn’t win a medal at Tokyo, failed to finish inside top-three in the two-day trials conducted just a day after their return from the Olympics. World number one Deepika Kumari finished fourth in the trials.
Komalika Bari, 17-year-old upcoming Haryana girl Ridhi Phor, and Ankita Bhakat made the cut taking the top-three spots.
Komalika Bari has since clinched the Under-21 World Championship title in Wroclaw, Poland to add to the U-18 title she won in Madrid in 2019, becoming the second Indian woman to achieve that feat after Deepika Kumari.
Among men, Punjab’s Aditya Chaudhary, 19-year-old Parth Salunkhe of Maharashtra and 2014 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Atul Verma grabbed the top-three places, ahead of Tarundeep Rai (ninth), Atanu Das (17th) and Pravin Jadhav (20th).
“It’s a very promising sign that the juniors are coming up in the senior team. They are...
