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Asian Games: 'Bindaas maro' was the women's archery team's mantra

'Bindaas maro' (shoot fearlessly) was the mantra the underrated Indian women archers followed as they ended India's 13-year wait for a medal in the Olympic discipline recurve section by returning with a bronze at the Asian Games. Seeded fifth, India defeated lower-ranked Japan 6-2 before going down to top-seeded South Korea 2-6 to get into the bronze playoff where they emerged 6-2 winners against Vietnam. Indian recurve archers failed to win a medal in the last two edition of the Games and, this time too, all the focus in the Olympic section was on the men's team that had rising archer Dhiraj Bommadevara, who is on a career-high ranking of world No 15, double Olympian Atanu Das and Tushar Shelke. "Nobody gave us a chance, so I told them (Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur) 'bindaas maro' as if it's your practice match. We had nothing to lose," women's team coach Purnima Mahato told PTI from Hangzhou. Before the Vietnamese could shoot their last three arrows, the bronze

Asian Games: India men's archery recurve team finishes with silver medal

The Indian trio lost the gold medal match 1-5 to the Korean team consisting of Lee Wooseok, Oh Jinhyek and Kim Je Deok

Asian Games Highlights Day 11: Satwik-Chirag secures Bronze; Medal Tally 86

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: Indian archers made their country proud by winning two Gold medals, while Dipika-Harinder won Gold in squash. India medal tally: 21 Gold, 32 Silver and 33 Bronze - 86

Asian Games October 5 schedule: India vs China in hockey SF, medal events

India's historic run at the Asian Games 2023 will continue on October 5 when the women's hockey team will face China in the semi-final, women's and men's archers and wrestlers will also be in action

Asian Games October 4 schedule: India vs Korea in hockey SF, medal events

India will aim to continue their medal rush as the Indian hockey team, Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and men's and women's relay teams will be in action on October 4, 2023, at the Hangzhou Asian Games

Asian Games 2023: Verma, Deotale set up all-Indian final in compund archery

Reigning world champion Ojas Deotale blazed his way to the final with a perfect score of 150, while veteran Abhishek Verma also shone bright to set up an all-Indian gold medal clash and assure the county of a top-two finish in the men's individual compound archery at the Asian Games, here on Tuesday. Seasoned Jyothi Surekha Vennam also advanced into the women's individual final at the expense of world champion Aditi Swami, as the compound archers led India's charge at the continental showpiece. India have thus confirmed three medals in archery, matching their best-ever feat of 2014 Asian Games in Incheon where they have won one gold, one silver and one bronze. The Indian archers also remained in the hunt for a podium finish in seven more events across recurve and compound sections. Fresh from winning the senior World Championship crown in Berlin two months back, Deotale was up against South Korean seventh-seed Yang Jaewon. But the 21-year-old Indian did not give his rival any chan

Asian Games Highlights, Day 10: 2 Golds in athletics, India reach 69 medals

Asian Games 2023 Day 10 Highlights: India's athletics contingent kept the medals coming as they won 6 medals including 2 Golds. India's medals tally reached a total of 69 medals at the end of Day 10

Das-Ankita fight to oust Malaysia; Indian archers make quarters in 4 events

The Indian recurve mixed pair archery duo of Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat showed tenacity to defeat Malayasia in a three-setter and sail into quarterfinals at the Asian Games here on Monday. Indian archers stormed into last-eight in three team events -- recurve mixed, compound mixed, compound men's team -- when the elimination round got underway at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre here. As of now, India are in medal contention in four events with the top-seeded women's team compound archers getting a bye into the quarters. Fifth seeded Indian duo of Das and Ankita rallied to beat Malaysian team of Syaqiera Binti Mashayikh, Muhamad Zarif Syahir Bin Zolkepeli 6-2 (39-38, 37-36, 39-33). The Malaysia duo enjoyed a 2-0 lead with three 10s including one X in the first set. But the experienced Indian duo bounced back with two 10s and went on to level as the Malaysians crumbled under pressure. The Malaysians hit the red-ring (8) once and went on to lose the second by a slender one-point ...

Asian Games 2023 October 02 schedule: India event timings, streaming

India will hope for medals from the athletics field once again on October 02, 2023, which also be the ninth day of the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China

Asian Games 2023: Jyothi, Aditi power India to top-spot in women's compound

Seasoned Jyothi Surekha Vennam edged out her South Korean rivals to top the qualification, while world champion Aditi Swami secured the fourth spot to also make the cut, and power India to grab the top-seeding in the women's compound archery at the Asian Games here on Sunday. As action got underway in the discipline in the continental showpiece, the script unfolded as per expectations with the Indians dominating the compound section. The country also had an inspiring show in the Olympic-discipline recurve section, where veteran Atanu Das finished fourth, while promising youngster Dhiraj Bommadevara was the next best Indian at sixth spot to make the cut in the men's section. As a result, the Indian men's recurve team qualified as the third seeds with 2022 points. Recurve heavyweights South Korea topped the qualifiers with 2048 points, while Chinese Taipei (2030) took the second spot in the standings. The women's recurve and men's compound qualifiers are slated in the second-half of

Asian Games 2023 October 01 schedule: India event timings, streaming

India will hope for medals from the Shooting range and athletics field on Sunday, October 01, 2023, which will also be the eighth day of the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China

Asiad 2023: Tarundeep Rai optimistic about Indian men's recurve chances

India's only Asian Games individual medallist in recurve section, Tarundeep Rai, feels at least one from the men's archery team could win a medal in the Hangzhou edition and end a 13-year-long drought in the continental showpiece. Rai indicated that fellow Army colleague Dhiraj Bommadevara and Atanu Das, the senior most in the recurve team, stand a chance to become individual champion. "Hopefully, I'll get a company (as an Asian Games individual recurve medallist) before I quit next year," Rai told PTI in an exclusive interview. "I think my record will be broken this year. If they have their day, it can be a gold this time. Hopefully, I will find a company this time. "I've a huge feeling that Indian men recurve archers will do better in individual events this time. More than the team we have a better chance in individual and teams like Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia and Indonesia are going to be strong medal contenders. "A Games experience is totally different than a championship e

Asiad 2023: Atanu Das takes lead as recurve archers aim to shake off 'jinx'

He may no longer be the India No. 1 recurve archer, but the seasoned Atanu Das is fully aware of the responsibility of not only bringing out the best in him but also the team as they look to overcome the Asian Games 'jinx'. Recurve archery, an Olympic discipline, has been on a downward spiral and its slide has ironically coincided with the rise in the compound section, where India now boast of two recently-crowned world champions in Ojas Deotale and Aditi Swami. With the postponed Asian Games taking place just a year before the Paris Olympics, the pressure is more on recurve where no archer is inside the top-10 in world rankings. India have not won a recurve medal, individual or team, since the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Das, who is set for a third Asian Games participation, is the senior-most archer in the recurve team, which will have promising Army man Dhiraj Bommadevara and the rookie duo of Mrinal Chauhan and Tushar Shelke. In the women's section, two-time Asian Games ...

Archery World Cup: India's Prathamesh Jawkar loses shoot-off to get silver

Indian compound archer Prathamesh Jawkar's dream run in his maiden 'World Cup Final' ended with a silver medal after he lost to Denmark's Mathias Fullerton by the narrowest of margins in an intense shoot-off finish. Shanghai World Cup winner Jawkar, who stunned the world No 1 and reigning champion Mike Schloesser for a second time in four months to storm into the final, lost 148-148 (10-10*) to Fullerton, who was adjudged the winner by virtue of his arrow being closer to the centre. The Denmark archer took an early lead after the Indian 20-year-old dropped one point in the opening round of their final clash, here late on Saturday. Trailing 89-90 at the midway mark, Jawkar brought the final on an even keel when he shot 30 points out of a possible 30 to make it 119-all going into the last round. But in the designated final end, both the archers shot identical scores of 29 each to take it to shootoff. The tiebreaker also saw a stalemate as the Indian missed Fullerton's arrow by narro

Indian contingent for Asian Games: Full list of 634 Hangzhou-bound athletes

Athletics has the highest representation among Indian athletes chosen for the continental event, with 65 participants for the Asian Games Hangzhou 2023

Cong chief Kharge congratulates World Archery Championships gold medallists

The president of the Indian National Congress party Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday congratulated the Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur, and Aditi Gopichand Swami, for bagging the gold medal at the World Archery Championships 2023 in Berlin on Friday. "Our women's team scripts history at the World Archery Championships! Many congratulations to the formidable trio of V. Jyothi Surekha, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur who clinched the first-ever gold medal for India in Berlin. India is proud of your accomplishment, and we wish you a bright future ahead!" tweeted Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge.https://twitter.com/kharge/status/1687680663057530880?t=EP4bZFvuwyISvy9V66aeIg & s=08It is India's first-ever gold at the archery world championships in any category.In the gold medal final, the Indian trio defeated the Mexican combination of Dafne Quintero, Ana Sofa Hernandez Jeon, and Andrea Becerra 235-229. The Indian trio, placed second in the ...

PM Narendra Modi congratulates World Archery Championships gold medallists

India had won 11 medals at the World Archery Championships, including nine silver and two silver

World Archery Championships: Indian women's compound team win historic gold

The Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur clinched a gold medal in the World Archery Championships after beating Mexico in the final here on Friday. The Indian trio won 235-229 to open the gold medal account for the country in the championships. Earlier, India had beaten Colombia 220-216 in the semifinals after a 228-226 win over Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals.

Archery: Indian women's compound team shock Colombia, men bow out early

India's compound women's team comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami jolted defending champions Colombia 220-216 to enter the final of the ongoing archery World Championships on Wednesday. However, Indian hopes in the compound men's and mixed team events ended after tight defeats. In the men's event, Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale and Prathamesh Jawkar went down in the quarterfinals to Netherlands 230-235. In the mixed category, Deotale and Jyothi Surekha were pipped by the USA 154-153 in the round of last-eight. Earlier, Indian archers failed to secure Paris Olympics team quota places after making quarterfinal exits in both men's and women's recurve events. The tournament offers first tickets to the next year's Olympics for the top-three finishers in team and individual events. The men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Rajat Chauhan and Tushar Shelke lost to India's nemesis Korea 1-5 (49-55, 57-57, 53-55). The women's recurve triumvirate of Bhajan Kaur

Parth Salunkhe, Aditi Swami latest archery heroes from drought-prone Satara

When Parth Salunkhe and Aditi Swami became the youth world champions in Ireland last week, the drought-prone Satara in Maharashtra found its latest heroes in archery. In just about two years time, the region has produced one Olympian (Pravin Jadhav), two youth world champions, as Maharashtra is reaping the success of the 'Har Ghar Archery' programme launched by Archery Association of India secretary general Pramod Chandurkar. Parth and compound archer Aditi, who returned with individual and team golds, began their journey together from the same academy in Satara. "Most of the households here talk just about archery," said secondary school English teacher Sushant Salunkhe, who is flooded with congratulatory messages after his son Parth became the first Indian male recurve archer to become world youth champion. Seeing the success of an under-nine state-level tournament from where many were making the national team, Salunkhe senior gave archery a serious thought and wanted his son to