Indian archery in 2024: Spirited quest to end Olympic medal drought
11 months ago

Indian archery in 2024: Spirited quest to end Olympic medal drought

The Hindu  

Indian archery witnessed some historic moments in 2023, which may inspire the archers to push themselves in 2024 to achieve an elusive Olympic medal in Paris. Seventeen-year-old Aditi Swami was the highlight, securing two world titles in women’s archery: one in the team category alongside Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur and another in the individual event. The women archers also gave dazzling performances, with the seasoned Jyothi bagging three gold medals, leading the world champion trio to the team title, besides claiming the individual crown and the mixed team gold. Italian coach Sergio Pagni’s able guidance played a significant part in the Indian compound archers’ superb showing, which included 12 medals in the World Cups. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Promising archer Dhiraj Bommadevara, who took an individual bronze and contributed to three team medals in the World Cups and the team silver in the Asian Games, fought back after his forgettable individual performance in Hangzhou to win India’s first Olympic quota place in archery.

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Deepika, Ankita Bhakat, Dhiraj among top archers to compete in National Championship
1 week, 1 day ago

Deepika, Ankita Bhakat, Dhiraj among top archers to compete in National Championship

The Hindu  

Ahead of a busy 2025 calendar, top archers of the country, including Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat, B. Dhiraj, Abhishek Verma and Aditi Swami, will test themselves in the year-ending National Archery Championships starting at the Gopal Maidan, located in the heart of the city, here on Monday. After yet another disappointing outing in the Olympics, Deepika redeemed some pride by …

Dhiraj Bommadevara opens about India's disappointing finish in archery's mixed team event at Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Dhiraj Bommadevara opens about India's disappointing finish in archery's mixed team event at Paris Olympics

India TV News  

India missed out on winning a bronze medal in archery's mixed team event after the duo of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara lost to the USA's dynamic pair of Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold. Dhiraj praised the Sports Authority of India and the Target Olympic Podium Scheme for providing Indian archers with the ideal preparation leading into the Paris Olympics. …

Paris 2024: With bronze at stake, archers go off-target
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024: With bronze at stake, archers go off-target

Hindustan Times  

Paris: As the dust settled on another medal day in archery that went by India, legendary archer Brady Ellison — one half of the American mixed team bronze medallists — reflected on what makes the Koreans, gold medallists on the day once again, so good. India’s mixed team pair of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat lost to USA in the …

Paris 2024: Five things to watch out for on Day 8
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024: Five things to watch out for on Day 8

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: India didn’t win any medals on Friday but the contingent will look back at the day with immense pride and satisfaction thanks to some sterling badminton from Lakshya Sen who downed Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen in three games to advance to the semis. India’s men’s hockey team and archery mixed team also had their slice of history, with …

Paris Olympics 2024: Amid controversy over Korean coach, India’s HPD Sanjeeva Singh predicts three medals in archery
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Amid controversy over Korean coach, India’s HPD Sanjeeva Singh predicts three medals in archery

The Hindu  

Amid the controversy of the Indian archery team’s Korean coach Baek Woong Ki being denied accreditation for the Paris Olympics, former Olympian and SAI’s high performance director for the sport Sanjeeva Singh is confident the six-member squad will return with three medals from the Olympics and end its decades-long quest for success in the quadrennial showpiece. “Compared to 2021 Tokyo, …

'A Big Mistake by the IOA': India's Archery Head Coach Denied Accreditation for Paris 2024 Olympics
5 months ago

'A Big Mistake by the IOA': India's Archery Head Coach Denied Accreditation for Paris 2024 Olympics

News 18  

India’s archery squad will be in the spotlight at the Paris Olympics as it aims to bring the country’s maiden medal in the sport to the Games. “I have been preparing with the goal of helping India win a medal for the first time at the Paris Olympics. The Archery coach is highly regarded worldwide and was the head coach …

Archery World Cup Stage 3: Indian compound women’s team achieves hat-trick of gold medals in 2024, Priyansh wins silver
6 months ago

Archery World Cup Stage 3: Indian compound women’s team achieves hat-trick of gold medals in 2024, Priyansh wins silver

The Hindu  

The Indian trio of V. Jyothi Surekha, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami claimed its third consecutive compound women’s team gold medal of the season in the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Antalya, Turkey, on Saturday. India takes its THIRD consecutive team GOLD medal at the Hyundai Archery World Cup. 🥇🇮🇳🙌#ArcheryWorldCuppic.twitter.com/6azZUYebk2 — World Archery June 22, 2024 The Indian women, who …

Indian men’s, women’s recurve archery teams all but qualify for Paris Olympics
6 months ago

Indian men’s, women’s recurve archery teams all but qualify for Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Priyansh kept alive his chances of winning an individual medal in the compound division, while the Indian men and women recurve teams remained in contention for Olympic berths at the end of third day of the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday. Showing amazing consistency, Priyansh got past Germany’s Sebastian Hamdorf 149-141, Mexico’s Juan Del Rio 149-149, …

Archery World Cup Stage 3: Indian compound women’s team makes final, eyes hattrick of gold medals in 2024
6 months ago

Archery World Cup Stage 3: Indian compound women’s team makes final, eyes hattrick of gold medals in 2024

The Hindu  

The top-ranked Indian compound women’s team confirmed a medal by reaching the final of the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Antalya, Turkey, on Wednesday. The top-placed Indian men’s team, consisting of Priyansh, Abhishek Verma and Prathamesh Fuge, got past Germany 234-230 and Austria 235-230 before losing to Turkey 236-236 narrowly in the semifinals. In recurve qualification rounds, Dhiraj Bommadevara emerged …

Archery World Cup Stage 2: Indian women’s compound archery team strikes gold; mixed team settles for silver
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Archery World Cup Stage 2: Indian women’s compound archery team strikes gold; mixed team settles for silver

The Hindu  

The Indian trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami grabbed their third successive Archery World Cup gold medal, beating Turkey 232-226 in a lopsided compound women’s team final at the stage two event here on Saturday. The world number one Indian compound women’s team dominated Turkey’s Hazal Burun, Ayse Bera Suzer and Begum Yuva right from the …

Archery World Cup: Indian Men's Team Defeats Korea to Bag Historic Gold After 14 Years
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Archery World Cup: Indian Men's Team Defeats Korea to Bag Historic Gold After 14 Years

News 18  

Indian men’s recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav shocked reigning Olympic champions South Korea in a historic win to land an Archery World Cup gold medal after 14 years, here on Sunday. This is Indian men’s recurve team’s maiden triumph over the archery powerhouse in a World Cup final, and it will boost their chances of …

Archery World Cup: India Bag Three Gold Medals to Sweep Compound Team Events
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Archery World Cup: India Bag Three Gold Medals to Sweep Compound Team Events

News 18  

Underlining their supremacy in non-Olympic compound archery, India grabbed a hat-trick of gold medals to make a clean sweep of team events at the ongoing World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Saturday. India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur dropped just four points to trounce Italy 236-225 in the women’s compound team event to open their account …

Archery World Cup 2024: India claim gold in men's, women's and mixed compound team event
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Archery World Cup 2024: India claim gold in men's, women's and mixed compound team event

India TV News  

The Indian men's and women's teams claimed a gold each in the compound events at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai here on April 27. The women's team led the charge as the trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur got the better of Italy's Marcella Tonioli, Irene Franchini and Elisa Roner by 236-225. …

Archery World Cup | Jyothi grabs hat-trick of gold medals as India sweep compound team events
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Archery World Cup | Jyothi grabs hat-trick of gold medals as India sweep compound team events

The Hindu  

Asian Games champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam’s incredible presence of mind helped her bag a stunning hat-trick of gold medals as she spearheaded India’s dominance at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai here on Saturday. It also matched her feat at the last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games where 27-year-old Vijayawada archer returned with a hattrick of gold medals, …

Archery World Cup 2024: Indian archers reach final in Stage 1
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Archery World Cup 2024: Indian archers reach final in Stage 1

The Hindu  

The Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav confirmed a medal, storming into the men’s recurve final of the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Thursday. The team, which qualified behind reigning world and Olympic champion South Korea, sailed past Italy 5-1 without dropping a set to set up a summit clash against the top-seeded …

Sportstar Aces Awards 2024: Prathamesh Jawkar wins Young Achiever of the Year (Male) Award
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sportstar Aces Awards 2024: Prathamesh Jawkar wins Young Achiever of the Year (Male) Award

The Hindu  

Twenty-year-old Indian compound archer Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar was named the Young Achiever of the Year at the Sportstar Aces Awards held at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai on Thursday. 1 Mike Schloesser of Netherlands to win the men’s individual event 149-148 at the Archery World Cup in Shanghai. Later, he missed out on the Archery World Cup Final gold …

VIDEO: Tushar Shelke wins National Archery men’s title, hopes for Olympic glory
1 year ago

VIDEO: Tushar Shelke wins National Archery men’s title, hopes for Olympic glory

The Hindu  

Tushar Shelke and Sangeeta claimed the recurve men and women titles in the National archery championships at Ayodhya on Wednesday. Tushar Shelke on way to win gold medal match against Mrinal Chauhan in the senior Recurve men event in the National Archery tournament, in Ayodhya on Tuesday NOVEMBER 29, 2023. PHOTO SANDEEP SAXENA | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The results: …

National Archery Championship 2023: Top Indian archers will look to maintain consistency ahead of Paris Olympics
1 year ago

National Archery Championship 2023: Top Indian archers will look to maintain consistency ahead of Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Olympic qualification berth winner B. Dhiraj, Tarundeep Rai, Tushar Shelke, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur will be among the top recurve archers to be seen in action in the National archery championships starting at Ayodhya on Saturday. Besides Dhiraj, prominent recurve archers who have competed through the hectic calendar will also look to maintain consistency with less than a year …

National archery | Top stars slated to appear as they target the Olympics
1 year ago

National archery | Top stars slated to appear as they target the Olympics

The Hindu  

Olympic qualification berth winner B. Dhiraj, Tarundeep Rai, Tushar Shelke, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur will be among the top recurve archers to be seen in action in the National archery championships starting at Ayodhya on Saturday. Besides Dhiraj, prominent recurve archers who have competed through the hectic calendar will also look to maintain consistency with less than a year …

Dhiraj Bommadevara secures India’s first archery Paris Olympics 2024 quota, wins silver in Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament
1 year, 1 month ago

Dhiraj Bommadevara secures India’s first archery Paris Olympics 2024 quota, wins silver in Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament

The Hindu  

Dhiraj Bommadevara secured India’s first archery quota in men’s recurve for Paris Olympics 2024. He defeated Iran’s Mohammadhossein Golshani Asl 6-0 in the Archery Continental Qualifying Tournament semifinal in Bangkok on Saturday. Bommadevara will head to the Kim Archery School in Korea with his coach Sonam Tshering Bhutia later this month after getting approval from the sports ministry’s Mission Olympic …

Asian Archery C’Ships: Parneet defeats Jyothi to clinch title; India’s compound mixed, women’s team win gold
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Archery C’Ships: Parneet defeats Jyothi to clinch title; India’s compound mixed, women’s team win gold

The Hindu  

The Indian compound women’s and mixed team won gold medals at the Asian archery championships in Bangkok on Thursday. The women’s team comprising of Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur & Jyothi Surekha Vennam edged past Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi Hsuan, Huang I-Jou and Wang Lu-Yun 234-233 to ensure India’s gold in the event for the second time. READ | Asian Para …

Asian Archery Championships: Indian Recurve Archers Falter, Compound Archers Give Reason to Cheer
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Archery Championships: Indian Recurve Archers Falter, Compound Archers Give Reason to Cheer

News 18  

The Indian recurve archers failed to secure the team quota for next year’s Paris Olympics after failing to progress into the finals of the Asian Championships on Wednesday. On a day world champion, Aditi Swami suffered heartbreak after being ousted by Bonna Akter in the pre-quarters, veteran Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Parneet Kaur set up a gold medal clash to …

Asian Games 2023 archery review: India hits the bullseye at Hangzhou 2022
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023 archery review: India hits the bullseye at Hangzhou 2022

The Hindu  

The Indian archers’ best-ever collection of nine medals, including five gold, enabled the country to top the Hangzhou Asian Games chart in the sport and establish itself as a superpower alongside South Korea. Now, there is no scope for complacency.” In compound, India got seven medals, with the seasoned V. Jyothi Surekha and young world champion Ojas Deotale claiming triple …

India at Asian Games 2023: Reaffirming faith in old favourites, breaking new grounds to go past 100-medal mark
1 year, 2 months ago

India at Asian Games 2023: Reaffirming faith in old favourites, breaking new grounds to go past 100-medal mark

The Hindu  

When the Indian Olympic Association and the Sports Ministry launched the slogan ‘Ab ki baar sau paar’ for the 2023 Asian Games, there were few serious takers for the claim. There were also some outstanding performances and medals in sports that were hitherto considered out of bounds for Indians – Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee’s stunning quarterfinal win against the world …

Asian Games 2023: Ojas Deotale wins his 3rd Gold in archery in a double podium finish, Abhishek gets Silver
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Ojas Deotale wins his 3rd Gold in archery in a double podium finish, Abhishek gets Silver

India TV News  

It was raining medals for India in Archery on Saturday, October 7 as after a double podium finish in the women's individual compound event, it was another double podium finish in the men's individual event but this time it was Gold and Silver. Ojas Pravin Deotale, who won a Gold in the mixed team and men's team events won his …

Asian Games 2023: Archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins her 3rd Gold in Hangzhou, wins 149-145 in final
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins her 3rd Gold in Hangzhou, wins 149-145 in final

India TV News  

Jyothi Surekha Vennam won her third Gold in the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou as archers began the final day of games events on Saturday, October 7 on a high. Jyothi, who won a gold in the mixed team and women's team events, beat Korea's Chaewon So in the final 149-145. This was India's fourth Gold in Archery in …

In a first, Indian men’s recurve archers claim silver
1 year, 2 months ago

In a first, Indian men’s recurve archers claim silver

Hindustan Times  

The Indian men’s recurve archery team faltered at the final hurdle but still made a slice of history at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre here on Friday. The trio of Atanu Das, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Tushar Shelke became the first Indian men’s team to win a silver at the Asian Games, bettering the twin bronze won in 2006 Doha and …

Asian Games 2023: India’s compound archery rise explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: India’s compound archery rise explained

The Hindu  

Scores are tied at 200 in the women’s team final in compound archery at the Asian Games on Thursday. “My golden girls,” says a proud Sanjeeva Singh, India’s high-performance director of archery, standing behind the victorious trio posing with medals for photographers. “South Korea fear us in compound archery now,” says Abhishek, who was part of the team that won …

Asian Games | Indian compound archery teams’ domination complete
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games | Indian compound archery teams’ domination complete

The Hindu  

With the scores tied at 200 each, Indian archers needed to hit three perfect 10s in a row to stay alive in the compound women’s team final at the Fuyang Arena. Later, the trio of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Pravin Deotale and Prathamaesh Jawkar won the men’s team gold by beating South Korea 235-230 in the final. Treble beckons The victory …

Jyothi, Aditi, Parneet strike gold in compound archery at Asian Games
1 year, 2 months ago

Jyothi, Aditi, Parneet strike gold in compound archery at Asian Games

Hindustan Times  

Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur continued India's stellar show in archery at the Asian Games 2023. Hangzhou: India's Parneet Kaur, Aditi Gopichand Swami and Jyothi Surekha Vennam The Indian archers were off to a nervy start in the final. With the gold medal on the line, Aditi, Parneet and Jyothi showed remarkable composure to finish with a …

Asian Games 2023: Women’s archery team assures India of a silver
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Women’s archery team assures India of a silver

Live Mint  

India got off to a strong start on Tuesday at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou with assured medals in women’s archery, and the men’s rowing team securing a bronze. Reigning world champion Aditi Swami and top seed Jyothi Surekha Vennam will face each other in the semi-finals in the women's compound individual event. India is assured of at least …

Archery at Asian Games 2023 preview, squad, schedule - Indians aim to compound their form in Hangzhou
1 year, 2 months ago

Archery at Asian Games 2023 preview, squad, schedule - Indians aim to compound their form in Hangzhou

The Hindu  

On the back of a series of fine performances, including three historic World titles, the Indian compound archers make the country a strong force to reckon with in the archery competitions of the Hangzhou Asian Games. For a country that did not have a single World champion, the compound archers’ unprecedented performance, including men and women individual crowns as the …

Dhiraj Bommadevara Loses Bronze Play-Off, India Return With Just A Silver from Archery World Cup Final
1 year, 3 months ago

Dhiraj Bommadevara Loses Bronze Play-Off, India Return With Just A Silver from Archery World Cup Final

News 18  

Dhiraj Bommadevara showed some spark when he shocked two-time Olympic team gold medallist Kim Woojin 6-2 but lost his next two matches to return empty-handed as India ended their campaign with a solitary silver medal in the ‘Archery World Cup Final’. READ: Indian Archer Prathamesh Jawkar Signs Off With Silver At World Cup Final; Verma, Aditi, Jyothi Falter Now this …

Dhiraj loses bronze play-off, India returns with a silver from Archery World Cup Final
1 year, 3 months ago

Dhiraj loses bronze play-off, India returns with a silver from Archery World Cup Final

The Hindu  

Dhiraj Bommadevara showed some spark when he shocked two-time Olympic team gold medallist Kim Woojin 6-2 but lost his next two matches to return empty-handed as India ended its campaign with a solitary silver medal in the ‘Archery World Cup Final’. Compound archer Prathamesh Jawakar won the country’s lone medal despite India fielding its biggest-ever contingent of five archers in …

Archery World Cup: Jawkar settles for silver; Aditi, Jyothi make quarterfinals exit
1 year, 3 months ago

Archery World Cup: Jawkar settles for silver; Aditi, Jyothi make quarterfinals exit

The Hindu  

Prathamesh Jawkar narrowly lost to another 20-year-old, Denmark’s Mathias Fullerton, in the compound men’s individual title clash to take the silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final in Hermosillo, Mexico. Jawkar, the gold medallist of the World Cup Stage 2 in Shanghai, showed good consistency to get past local favourite Miguel Becerra 149-141 in the quarterfinals and got a …

Indian men, women compound archers strike gold at World Cup Stage 4
1 year, 4 months ago

Indian men, women compound archers strike gold at World Cup Stage 4

The Hindu  

Indian compound archers clinched three medals, including men’s and women’s team gold, in the Archery World Cup Stage-4 in Paris on Saturday. 📷📷#ArcheryWorldCup#archerypic.twitter.com/DKX9D1RY3F — World Archery August 19, 2023 The world champion women’s team, comprising V.Jyothi Surekha, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur, underlined its class as it again beat Worlds silver medallist Mexico, consisting of Andrea Becerra, Ana Sofia Hernandez …

Fruitful day for India at the Archery World Cup Stage-4
1 year, 4 months ago

Fruitful day for India at the Archery World Cup Stage-4

The Hindu  

The Indian recurve men’s and women’s teams collected two bronze medals while compound archer V. Jyothi Surekha entered the women’s individual semifinals on a fruitful day for the country at the Archery World Cup Stage-4 in Paris on Thursday. The results: Recurve: Team: Men: India got a bye, bt Mexico 6-0, bt Canada 5-1 in QF, lost to Chinese Taipei …

Indian archers bag two bronze medals in World Cup Stage 4
1 year, 4 months ago

Indian archers bag two bronze medals in World Cup Stage 4

Hindustan Times  

Indian recurve archers clinched two bronze medals in the men's and women's team events at the World Cup Stage 4 in Paris on Thursday. Indian men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke Indian men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke defeated Spain's Andres Temino, Yun Sanchez and Pablo Acha 6-2 in the …

World Archery Championships: Battle-rope exercise, endurance training and stress management recipe for Indians’ success
1 year, 4 months ago

World Archery Championships: Battle-rope exercise, endurance training and stress management recipe for Indians’ success

The Hindu  

Rigorous battle-rope exercises to build upper body muscles, endurance training and stress management were India’s recipes for securing the historic three gold medals in the recent World Championships, compound archery chief coach Sergio Pagni said on Wednesday. World Archery Championships 2023: Aditi, Ojas win gold; Jyothi takes bronze in compound individual event “So, endurance is very important. It’s easier to …

How India hit bullseye at the World Archery Championships
1 year, 4 months ago

How India hit bullseye at the World Archery Championships

Live Mint  

Just a little over twenty-four hours, that’s what it took a young Indian archery team to jettison decades of disappointment and heartbreak. From 1931—when the World Archery Championships was launched—till 2021, India had won eleven medals: nine silver, two bronze and no gold. And in two glorious days at the 2023 Berlin World Archery Championships, India bagged three gold medals, …

'Calmness' behind archer Aditi's golden arrow
1 year, 4 months ago

'Calmness' behind archer Aditi's golden arrow

New Indian Express  

"The match was literally against the wind," Aditi later told World Archery. The next day, the team of Aditi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and Parneet Kaur created history with the first-ever gold medal. Along with her brother, Gopichand credits Aditi's mother, Shaila Swami, as the backbone of the youngster's journey so far. Gramsevika or the secretary of gram panchayat by profession …

'Calmness' behind archer Aditi's golden arrow
1 year, 4 months ago

'Calmness' behind archer Aditi's golden arrow

New Indian Express  

"The match was literally against the wind," Aditi later told World Archery. The next day, the team of Aditi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and Parneet Kaur created history with the first-ever gold medal. Along with her brother, Gopichand credits Aditi's mother, Shaila Swami, as the backbone of the youngster's journey so far. Gramsevika or the secretary of gram panchayat by profession …

'Indian women on the rise': Anand Mahindra applauds winners of Hyundai World Archery Championships 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

'Indian women on the rise': Anand Mahindra applauds winners of Hyundai World Archery Championships 2023

Firstpost  

The Indian women’s team emerged victorious in the Hyundai World Archery Championships final, outperforming Mexico by an impressive 235-229 score Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group, has never shied away from celebrating India’s achievements. In yet another viral post on the microblogging site X, the 68-year-old industrialist shared a post showing India’s first-ever world title win at the 2023 …

Aditi Swami Clinches India's First-Ever Individual World Title At The World Archery Championships; Jyothi Vennam Brings Bronze Home
1 year, 4 months ago

Aditi Swami Clinches India's First-Ever Individual World Title At The World Archery Championships; Jyothi Vennam Brings Bronze Home

News 18  

17-year-old Indian prodigy Aditi Swami became the first-ever Indian to clinch the individual World Title at the World Archery Championships final today. Aditi, who won the junior world title last month, beat Mexico’s Andrea Becerra 149-147 in the summit clash to become the first Indian world champion in an individual event at the senior world championships. Aditi Swami gets the …

PM Modi praises Indian women’s compound team for first-ever gold medal
1 year, 4 months ago

PM Modi praises Indian women’s compound team for first-ever gold medal

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised the ‘exceptional’ Indian compound women's team for winning the gold medal in the World Archery Championships that were held in Berlin. The Indian contingent consisting of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur scripted history by winning the first-ever gold medal for India at the archery world championships in any category. Meanwhile, …

Aditi Gopichand scripts history, gives India its maiden individual gold medal at World Archery Championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Aditi Gopichand scripts history, gives India its maiden individual gold medal at World Archery Championships

India TV News  

India's teenage archer Aditi Gopichand Swami scripted history at the ongoing World Archery Championships in Berlin as she became the youngest-ever world champion and helped India achieve its first-ever individual gold in the history of the tournament with a compound women's gold. The individual gold helped her bag the tag of a 'double world champion', having already won a compound …

India has a bright future in compound archery, says high-performance director Sanjeeva Singh
1 year, 4 months ago

India has a bright future in compound archery, says high-performance director Sanjeeva Singh

The Hindu  

As the Indian compound women archers won a historic gold medal in the team event of the World Archery championships in Berlin on Friday and hoped to secure more medals in individual events on Saturday, high-performance director Sanjeeva Singh said the special achievement would spur youngsters to take to compound archery. Sanjeeva was thrilled to see the progress of compound …

World Archery Championships: Indian Women's Compound Team Bag Gold in Berlin
1 year, 4 months ago

World Archery Championships: Indian Women's Compound Team Bag Gold in Berlin

News 18  

The Indian women’s compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur clinched a gold medal in the World Archery Championships after beating Mexico in the final on Friday. Earlier, Indian archers failed to secure Paris Olympics team quota places after making quarterfinal exits in both men’s and women’s recurve events. The men’s recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, …

Jyothi Yarraji betters own National Record in women’s 100m hurdles, wins bronze at World University Games
1 year, 4 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji betters own National Record in women’s 100m hurdles, wins bronze at World University Games

The Hindu  

India’s Jyothi Yarraji improved her own National Record in women’s 100m hurdles as she won a bronze medal at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China, on her Friday. Another national record holder sprinter, Amlan Borgohain also won a bronze medal in men’s 200m race with a season’s best time of 20.55 seconds. Meanwhile Ajay Kumar produced a personal …

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