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
Greater Noida: It may not be the same as inaugural year in terms of response, but the second Indian Grand Prix still recorded a turn out of 65,000 spectators, which included the who's who of tinsel town, politics and sporting fraternity. Unlike last year that witnessed a whopping 95,000 turn out, response was lukewarm this time around but buzz and enthusiasm surrounding the race was pretty good. Even though the...
07:58 PM, Oct 28, 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
London: Struggling to explain the much-hyped archers' flop-show at the Olympic Games, teams coaches Limba Ram and Ravi Shankar on Sunday said they have no excuses to offer for the below-par performance. "There are no excuses," Limba Ram said at the Games village before the team's departure to India. "We trained hard and were given all facilities by the Archery Association of India, the Sports Authority of India and the...
02:22 PM, Aug 05, 2012
London: A distraught women's archery coach Purnima Mahato says the only reason for India's disastrous performance at the London Olympics she could think of is perhaps their inexperience at performing on the big stage. Mahato told IANS on Thursday that she was as much puzzled at her wards' performance, particularly that of Deepika Kumari, as anyone else back home. Intriguingly, she now says that the archers should have practised back...
08:02 PM, Aug 02, 2012
London: Indian archers, spearheaded by world number one Deepika Kumari who was touted as a strong medal prospect, produced a super flop show at the London Olympics and drew a blank in both team and individual competitions. The hype around the archery event was immense ever since it was announced that the discipline would take place at the famed Lord's cricket ground. The Indian team, however, failed to lift its...
03:29 PM, Aug 02, 2012
London: Day five at the 2012 London Olympics continued to be a mixed bag for India, where while archer Deepika Kumari disappointed, shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and Saina Nehwal stormed into the quarter-finals of the badminton singles event, after a controversy that marred the badminton event at the London Olympics 2012. Kashyap beat Niluka Karunaratne 21-14, 15-21, 21-9, dominating the Sri Lankan with some brilliant strokeplay. The previous best performance by...
03:00 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: India's challenge in the archery team event came to an end at London Olympics 2012 on Day 2 when women's team of Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro was knocked out by Denmark in the pre-quarters by a close margin of 210-211 at Lord's. However, there were some positives for India in the form of rower Swarn Singh Virk, shuttler Saina Nehwal and boxer Jai Bhagwan. Swarn...
02:03 PM, Jul 29, 2012
World number one Deepika Kumari turned in a disappointing performance in the London Olympics ranking qualification on Friday. She finished eighth after notching up 662 points in 12 rounds. The pressure of the Olympics and her position in the rankings seems to have got to her. The other two women archers Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro were also poor with 22nd and 50th positions respectively as the Indian team finished...
08:59 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: India's women archers failed to impress in the London Olympics qualification at Lord's on Friday. World number one Deepika Kumari finished eighth with 662 points in 12 rounds, while Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro finished 22nd and 50th respectively to take India to a ninth-placed finish. Korea claimed the top spot after great performances from Bo Bae Ki and Sung Jin Lee, who shared the top spot on 671...
07:51 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Touted as serious medal contenders, a bunch of shy and unassuming archers will seek to give India's Olympic campaign the perfect start when the event gets underway here on Thursday at the hallowed turf of Lord's, the spiritual home of cricket. If the archers needed a spark of inspiration, they simply have to turn to the historic venue which has witnessed cricketing heroics for many a generation. Now the...
02:54 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Kolkata: Hit by flu on arrival, the Indian archers have got used to the unpredictable weather in London and are now eagerly awaiting the start of the Olympics in which they aim to win their first-ever medal, national coach Limba Ram said. A three-time Olympian himself, the 40-year-old is travelling to the Games as a coach for the first time. At the Barcelona Games in 1992, he missed the bronze...
02:27 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Kolkata: Deepika Kumari may reject all talk of pressure and nerves ahead of the London Olympics but the world number one archer's coach is becoming restless as the mega-event draws closer. "As the day approaches, my heartbeat is getting faster. I am getting restless. I know I'm more nervous than Deepika who is always calm and composed," Tata Archery Academy chief coach Dharmendra Tiwary said of his 18-year-old protege. At...
03:24 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Kolkata: All of 18, she is world number one and India's biggest hope for an Olympic medal but Deepika Kumari is far from intimidated by the burden of expectations as she feels the London Games are not some kind of a "ghost" to be scared of. Besides the skills, much of Deepika's success at this young age is attributed to her cool demeanour, similar to India cricket captain and her...
10:44 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Kolkata: Though highly hopeful of winning an Olympic medal, world number one archer Deepika Kumari Saturday said being at the top of the rankings does not guarantee a podium finish at the London Games. "Being the world number one is an added pressure and it does not guarantee a medal unless I and all the team members perform well. However, our preparation has been good and we hope to make...
07:35 PM, Jul 14, 2012
The Indian women archery team led by Deepika Kumari is buoyant ahead of the Olympics. ...
10:51 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: With India set to compete in all four archery events of next month's London Olympics after the men's team made the cut, the country has the best chance to win a medal and script history, Archery Association secretary general Paresh Nath Mukherjee said on Friday. The Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee finished second to secure a team berth from the final qualification tournament for...
03:24 PM, Jun 22, 2012
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
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