Indian archer Ojas Pravin Deotale sealed a win in the compound men's individual semifinal match and confirmed his place in the final game at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Tuesday.
Indian archers Aditi Swami, Jyothi Vennam, Ojas Deotale and Abhishek Verma are through to compound quarterfinals and advanced their way to the quarter-finals after they won in the first two rounds at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
Young Indian archer Pragati, who defied the odds to clinch a gold medal in the recently concluded World University Games in China, expressed her delight after speaking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi live on air during his monthly radio broadcast — 'Mann Ki Baat'.
The 17-year-old Gopichand earned the title of 'World Champion' in the women's individual compound archery by defeating Mexico's Andrea Beccera in the final by 149-147 in a thrilling title clash.
Promising Indian archer Ojas Pravin shared the emotions he experienced after clinching his first individual gold medal at the World Archery Championships 2023 in Berlin.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday lauded the exemplary performance of Indian archers at the World Archery Championship in Berlin for “scripting history by their spectacular performance.”
India secured a total of seven medals on Sunday, with shooters clinching a Gold, Silver and Bronze each. Indian archers also added a Gold, Silver and two Bronze medals to the tally, increasing it to 11, as per Olympics.com.
The 16-year-old Aditi scored a total of 711 out of 720 points and topped the 72-arrow qualification, surpassing the previous world record set by USA's Liko Arreola in May of 705 points, as per Olympics.com