India's hunt for the first medal in archery at the Olympics continued after Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara suffered a heartbreaking loss in the bronze medal match in the archery recurve mixed team event on Friday.
India archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara are set to play for a medal after dominating Spain's Elia Canales and Pablo Acha in the quarter-finals of the archery recurve mixed team event.
After qualifying in the quarter-final in the archery recurve mixed team event at the ongoing Paris Olympics, India shooter Dhiraj Bommadevara said that he and Ankita Bhakat are feeling 'confident'.
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.
Following a clinical display with her bow, India's seasoned archer, Deepika Kumari, joined fellow archer Bhajan Kaur in the next round of the women's individual recurve event in the ongoing Paris Olympics
India's ace archer Bhajan Kaur stormed into the Round of 16 after defeating Poland's veteran Wioleta Myzsor in the women's individual recurve archery on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics.
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.
The Deepika Kumari-led Indian women's recurve archery team crashed out of the Final World Quota Tournament in the second round and failed to secure a quota for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 in Antalya.
Three-time Olympian Deepika Kumari suffered a defeat in her women's individual recurve archery bronze medal match, losing to Mexico's Alejandra Valencia by a 4-6 scoreline.
Dhiraj Bommadevara, the only Indian recurve archer to have grabbed a quota place at the upcoming Paris Olympics, was part of a troika that scripted history at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai earlier this week