Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Sanjeeta Das scripted an incredible climax to usurp the gold medal from the grasp of Koreans, Hyobeen Kim and Junhwan Lee in the mixed air rifle event of the World University shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Wednesday. The Koreans withered under pressure, shooting a half point less than the Indians …
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 …
For someone of her promise and pedigree, it is oddly surprising that it took Jyothi Surekha Vennam her third Asian Games to finally win a medal. And when she did, Vennam -- joined by her mixed team partner Ojas Deotale -- shot gold with a Games record score. Indian Archers Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam win a gold medal …
Harmeet, ranked 141 in the world, staved off a tough challenge from Englishman Tom Jarvis, while Shetty won his first round match quite comfortably against countryman Yashansh Malik. Also moving into the main draw was the Japanese pair of Mizuki Oikawa and Miyu Nagasaki who defeated India’s Ronit Bhanja and Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-0 in round two of qualifying. In the …
Dhaka: World Championships triple silver medallist Jyothi Surekha Vennam and her young teammate Rishabh Yadav lost out to the top seeded Koreans by a solitary point to settle for a silver in the compound mixed team event of the Asian Archery Championships here on Thursday. After being locked 38-all in the opening round, the experienced Korean duo of former world …