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.
After registering a direct berth in the quarterfinals of the men's team archery event in the Paris Olympics, which is set to begin on Friday, archer Dhiraj Bommadevara expressed his feelings, saying that the team has been preparing for this event for the last two years and that they are o
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.
For the first time since London Olympics 2012, India will be fielding their full team of six archers, putting up a challenge in all five medal events in men's team/individual, women's team/individual and mixed team categories, as per Olympics.com.
The 16 sports India will be competing in during Paris 2024 are: Archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, equestrian, golf, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis and tennis.
Former Olympian and the High Performance Director of the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) National Centre of Excellence Sanjeeva Singh said India's quest for an archery medal at the Summer Games should end at Paris 2024.
Indian archers have never bagged an Olympic medal. Archery competition at Paris 2024 will start with the individual ranking round on July 25, a day before the Opening Ceremony. The remaining stages will be held from July 28 to August 4 at Les Invalides.
The Indian mixed recurve team, consisting of Bhajan Kaur and Dhiraj Bommadevara, defeated the Mexico duo of Alejandra Valencia and Matias Grande by 5-3 in the bronze medal match. Recurve archery is an Olympic event as well.
This marks their third successive Archery World Cup medal, having captured medals in the stage one held at Shanghai and the second one held in Yecheon, South Korea.
The India women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swami clinched a thumping win over Turkey in the semi-final round of the Archery World Cup Stage 3 on Wednesday.