Indian archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara advanced to the quarterfinal in the archery recurve mixed team event after beating Indonesia's Diananda Choirunisa and Arif Pangestu at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Friday.
Ace Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen will be in action on Day 7 of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 as he looks to book his place in the semi-final of the men's single category on Friday.
The series of upsets in archery for India continued to unfold in the Paris Olympics after young archer Dhiraj Bommadevara suffered heartbreak in the men's individual 1/16.
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
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.
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.
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.
Among these 24 athletes, 22 are men, including star javelin thrower and Subedar Neeraj Chopra, and two are women, which marks the maiden participation of female service athletes at the Olympics, as per a press release from the Union Ministry of Defence.
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.