Kolkata: Promising Deepika Kumari was done in by some sheer class of more experienced opponents as she settled for two silver medals, including one with Jayanta Talukdar, to help India finish fourth in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 that concluded in Shanghai Sunday.
Pitted against Ok-Hee Yun, a team Olympic champion and individual bronze medallist in Beijing 2008, Deepika took a 4-2 lead but the Korean showed amazing resilience to win successive games and seal the issue 6-4 for her third World Cup gold in Shanghai after 2006 and 2009.
In the recurve mixed team final, the US duo of Brady Ellison and Khatuna Lorig outplayed Talukdar and Deepika 154-146 as India ended their campaign with two silver and one bronze (Women's compound team). In the recurve women's individual final, former world number one Deepika outscored her opponent 29-27 to win the first set.
But Yun, who is 10 years older to Deepika, 19, came back in the second set to make it 2-2. Deepika, who is currently world number 3, took the lead again in the third set (4-2). The Korean put her expertise into use as she bounced back to equalise 4-4. In the final end, Yun shot 9-8, opening the door for Deepika but the Indian archer concluded 9-9-8....
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05:55 PM, May 19, 2013
Jamshedpur: L Bombayla Devi of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) and Rajiv Basumatary of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) emerged champions at the 2nd National Ranking Archery Tournament in Women and Men's recurve section at JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Sunday. They defeated top ranked Deepika Kumar and Atanu Das of Steel Plant Sports Board (SPSB). Olympians Jyanta Talukdar (SPSB) brushed aside Rahul Banerjee (RSPB) 6-2 in the men's...
01:05 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Jamshedpur: The National Ranking Archery Tournament (NRAT), beginning here from Friday, will hold significance for the archers as the Indian team for the upcoming Stage I and II World Cup will be picked based on their performance in the event. The Stage I World Cup will be held in Shanghai from May 13, followed by the second stage in Turkey in June, said Capt. Amitabh, Head (Sports) Tata Steel. The...
02:09 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Some of India's top archers, including Rahul Banerjee and Deepika Kumari, will vie for top honours at the two-day 2nd National Ranking Archery Tournament. ...
07:14 PM, Apr 03, 2013
VK Malhotra is accused of vested interest in deliberately delaying the process of getting India's ban from Olympics. ...
06:49 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The eight medals included two gold, two silver and four bronze, in the first Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship. ...
12:24 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Indian archers Rahul Banerjee won the silver medal while Atanu Das bagged bronze in the Recurve men's individual event at the Asian Grand Prix on Thursday after the men's Compound team's gold-winning effort on Tuesday. ...
02:40 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Top archers got a shot in the arm after the government decided to appoint Korean coach Lim Chae Woong for the recurve team. ...
10:07 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The archers hope to make an appeal through their players' association as the season is all set to get underway in a couple of months time. ...
04:01 PM, Jan 01, 2013
The best Olympics medal haul ever by India was undone by IOA bosses who led to the association's suspension. ...
12:59 PM, Dec 28, 2012
The Archery Association of India (AAI) has got a shot in the arm after the World Archery Federation (FITA) extended recognition to its elections and extended full support to it. ...
03:57 PM, Dec 09, 2012
The sports minister Friday took the bold decision to de-recognise India's amateur boxing and archery federations because of their faulty electoral process. ...
11:48 PM, Dec 07, 2012
The sports ministry de-recognised the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation and the Archery Association of India on Friday for their unclean electoral process. ...
11:37 PM, Dec 07, 2012
CNN-IBN speaks to eminent administrative personalities in Indian sports following sports ministry's de-recognition of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation and the Archery Association of India on Friday. ...
08:14 PM, Dec 07, 2012
AAI hit out at the government for derecognising the body, calling the decision "unconstitutional and arbitrary". ...
07:25 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Indian sports ministry de-recognised the national boxing and archery bodies Friday for their faulty electoral process. ...
06:50 PM, Dec 07, 2012
The Sports Ministry has derecognised the boxing and archery associations for violating the Sports Code of India. ...
02:04 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Tokyo: India's top archer Deepika Kumari settled for a silver medal after losing to World No.1 Bo Bae Ki of South Korea in the World Cup Final here on Sunday. Deepika, who slipped to the number two spot in the rankings following her shocking first round loss in the London Olympics last month, gave the South Korean a tough fight before going down 4-6. It turned out to be a...
01:49 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Kolkata: India's archery coach Limba Ram on Saturday made a quiet exit from the national team not just because of the country's dismal Olympic performance but also after being allegedly insulted by his top wards Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar, who denied the accusation. According to a team source, Limba was at loggerheads with Deepika and Jayanta who apparently stopped communicating with him. While Deepika was not available for reaction,...
03:39 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Leading into the 2012 London Olympics, the confident tone of India's archery contingent was unmistakable. The team's head coach, former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Limba Ram, was postulating on India's chances and the archers themselves were brimming with self-assurance. This was, after all, the first time since Athens 2004 that India had filled the six quota places available at the Games. India had had a successful season, with the highlight...
08:41 AM, Aug 10, 2012
