Kolkata: India's Olympic prospect Deepika Kumari won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal in archery on Saturday at Antalya, Turkey. She beat Korea's Lee Sung Jin by six set points to four in the final of the Stage 2 of the championship. According to information received, teenager Deepika won the second set (29-27), third (27-26) and the fifth (28-27) while losing the first (27-30) and the fourth (27-29)....
08:33 PM, May 05, 2012
Kolkata: The Indian men's recurve team of Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Tarundeep Rai sailed into the final of the team event of the World Cup archery Stage 2 at Antalya in Turkey on Friday. According to information received here, the team edged past South Korea by a slender 225-224 points in the semi-finals and will play Britain in the final on Saturday. Earlier, the Indian men beat the Netherlands...
08:30 PM, May 04, 2012
Kolkata: Promising Indian archer Deepika Kumari has made the final of the women's recurve individual event of the World Cup Stage 2 at Antalya. She will play Korea's Lee Sung Jin in the summit clash on Saturday. The 18-year-old defeated Chinese Taipei's Lin Chia-En 6-1 in the semi-finals. In the quarter-finals, she had beaten Karina Winter of Germany 6-0 on Thursday. However, all the men's recurve archers and men's and...
10:53 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Sports Ministry directing it to conduct elections in all sports federations where they are due. Elections in the Archery Federation are due since February, 2012. Advocate Rahul Mehra alleged that the current incumbent President of the Archery Foundation VK Malhotra was not getting the elections done because by the new age and tenure criteria, his candidature will be rejected. Mehra...
04:46 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Kolkata: It was a none-too-impressive beginning to the Olympic calendar year for Indian archers as they finished with a solitary silver medal in the World Cup Stage I, which concluded in Shanghai on Sunday. The women's compound team lost to Italy in the bronze play-off to end their campaign with only one medal - the silver that was earned by the women's recurve trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi...
07:11 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Kolkata: India's women recurve team, comprising Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro, set up a gold-medal clash against the Korean heavyweights at the Archery World Cup Stage I in Shanghai on Friday. There was a ray of hope in the women's compound section where India made the bronze medal play-off after going down to Italy in the semi-finals. The recurve team, seeded second, with an accumulative qualifying score...
07:19 PM, Apr 13, 2012
Kolkata: The men's compound trio of Rajat Chauhan, Ritul Chatterjee and Chittibomma Jignas ensured India another gold medal after the fancied recurve archers flopped in the first Asian Grand Prix that concluded in Bangkok on Sunday. The men's compound archers contributed three gold medals as India ended the tournament with a bountiful haul of four gold, five silver and two bronze medals, finishing atop the medal standings. The trio of...
09:44 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Kolkata: India clinched three gold, three silver and one bronze medal at the ongoing first Asian Grand Prix Archery tournament in Bangkok on Saturday. According to information received here, the Indian mixed team reigned supreme in both recurve and compound sections to bag two gold medals. Earlier in the day, powered by a stupendous performance in the compound section, India claimed one gold, three silver and one bronze. The day...
11:07 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Kolkata: India made a rich haul of one gold, three silver and a bronze medal in the individual section of the first Asian Grand Prix archery tournament at Bangkok on Saturday. Two teenage sensations, Chittibomma Jignas and National champion Rajat Chauhan, combined to give India 1-2 in the men's compound event, according to information received here. In an all-Indian final, the 18-year-old Services' archer subdued Chauhan in the tie-breaker after...
01:52 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Kolkata: Seven Indian archers on Friday entered the individual semifinals of different categories at the first Asian Grand Prix in Bangkok. Mangal Singh Champia, who is known more for his proficiency in team events, made it to the individual semifinals for the first time after 2007, and will play Spain's Elisa Cuesta for a place in the men's recurve final. Another Indian team player Chekrovolu Swuro will take on Bishindee...
09:40 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Jamshedpur: Unhappy with her current form, the country's top archer Deepika Kumari said she is working hard to get her touch back to be India's medal prospect at the forthcoming London Olympic Games. "I am not in my best shooting form but am working to change the form," said the 18-year-old World Cup silver medalist. Deepika emerged as the champion in the women's recurve individual Olympic round at the 32nd...
11:38 AM, Jan 29, 2012
A 17-year-old Deepika Kumari shone with some outstanding performances as the women's recurve team emerged as strong contenders for an elusive Olympic medal in archery, during a year that was witness to the dramatic fall of the fancied men's team. Stunning world champions Korea in the semi-finals of the biennial World Championships, the trio of Deepika, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro not only grabbed the full quota berths for...
06:20 PM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: India's ace rifle shooter Gagan Narang hopes that 2012 London Olympics will be lucky for him after missing out on a podium finish in Beijing and Athens. Narang, a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medallist, will be participating in 50m Rifle Prone and 50m Rifle 3 Position, besides his pet 10m Air Rifle event in London. "Participating in three events gives me more chances to win medals. I hope...
04:18 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Kolkata: Indians returned empty-handed on the concluding day of the 17th Asian Archery Championship on Sunday, to cap a miserable outing in Tehran with just two bronze medals in their kitty. Women's compound archer Manjudha Soy was the only Indian running in a medal race on Sunday, but she lost to Korean Kwon oh Hyang in the tie-breaker of their bronze medal-play off. Locked 140-140, the duo had a one-arrow...
10:15 PM, Oct 23, 2011
Kolkata: Fancied recurve archers flopped once again as India had a lean day in the individual events of the 17th Asian Archery Championship in Tehran on Saturday. All the eight Indian men archers failed to make it to the podium. Service's compound archer, Chittibomma Jignas, was the lone Indian to make an impact when he won the bronze medal, but went down to Lihong Min of Korea 140-143. The four...
11:12 PM, Oct 22, 2011
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