India's Paralympic medallist Sheetal Devi etched her name in history by qualifying for her first able-bodied international meet on Thursday. Sheetal earned a place in the junior archery team for the Asia Cup Stage 3 in Jeddah, scheduled to commence next month.
India secured their first-ever gold medal in the men's compound archery team event, while Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won silver in the compound mixed team event, which will make its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 2028, according to Olympics.com.
Republic of Korea's Kisik Lee is set to be the new head coach of India's national recurve archery team in the upcoming Los Angeles Olympics, which will take place in 2028.
The 30-year-old archer who also competed in the Paris Olympics, was defeated by China's Li Jiaman 0-6 in the final, as per OIympics.com. Jiaman was also part of the archery team that secured the silver medal at Paris 2024.
After conceding defeat in the men's archery team event at the ongoing Paris Olympics, India archer Bommadevara Dhiraj said that he needs to work more on himself.
The Indian men's archery team crashed out of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday. The team, comprising of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav, bowed out in the quarterfinals after a 2-6 loss
Despite India's success in Archery arena at Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, where the country has won 19 and eight medals, respectively, including three Asiad gold medals and two CWG golds, a medal at Olympics has eluded Team India so far in their journey.
India's women's archery team faced a disappointing defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics. The Dutch team proved too strong for the Indian trio, winning the match with a decisive 6-0 scoreline.
India archer Deepika Kumari's mother, Geeta Devi, is hopeful that her daughter secures a place in the semi-final of the women's archery team event and returns with a medal from the Paris Olympics.
India's archery team, comprising Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav, directly qualified for the quarter-finals of the event at the Paris Olympics 2024 by securing a third-place finish with 2013 points in the Men's Archery Ranking Round on Thursday.
The Indian women's archery team, comprising Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat, directly qualified for the quarter-finals of the event at the Paris Olympics by securing a fourth-place finish with 1983 points.