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: The Indian women's archery team was off target in crunch situations as it lost to Denmark by a point in a see-saw pre-quarterfinal battle at the Lord's Cricket Ground here on Sunday. The trio of world number one Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro lost 210-211 to the Danish team, comprising Louise Laursen, Maja Jager and Carina Christiansen. Even though the Indians hit more perfect 10s than their...
02:27 PM, Jul 29, 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
India's women archers Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro say they are in form to take their best shot at an Olympic medal. ...
11:39 AM, Jul 25, 2012
Kolkata: With world number one Deepika Kumari spearheading the campaign, the in-form Indian archers would aim for a perfect 10 when they pick up their bows and arrows to seek Olympic glory at the 'spiritual home of cricket' -- the hallowed turf of Lord's Stadium in London. This is only the second time since 2004 Athens Games, when Indian archers have been able to earn the maximum of six quota...
01:00 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Mary Kom, Krishna Poonia and archers Deepika Kumari, Bomayala Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro are medal prospects for India at the Olympics. ...
10:53 AM, Jul 01, 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 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: Olympic-bound women's recurve trio of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro helped India top the qualification round to sail into the quarterfinals of Asian Grand Prix in Bangkok on Thursday. In the compound section, it was a fine outing for both men's and women's team, finishing first and second respectively. The much fancied men's recurve team, however, slipped to third position. According to information received here, Bombayla...
09:32 PM, Feb 16, 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
Kolkata: The Indian recurve women's team had to be satisfied with the silver after a 207-210 loss to Italy in the final of the World Archery Championship at Turin on Sunday. The team, comprising Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro and Laishram Bombayla Devi, had a one point lead at the half way stage from where the former world champions took charge and won. Their maiden entry into the final did weigh...
04:42 PM, Jul 10, 2011
Kolkata: India's women recurve team of Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro ON Monday gave India a flying start at the world championship in Turin (Italy) with a creditable fourth place finish in the qualifiers, logging 4,005 points. Deepika, 17, was the best among the three Indians. She finished the four-distance qualifying round with a total of 1,343 which enabled her finish take the ninth slot in individual...
08:53 AM, Jul 05, 2011
