Six Indian athletes found themselves agonisingly close to the podium, ultimately falling short.
Debutant Ankita Bhakat left behind seasoned campaigners like Deepika Kumar to emerge as the best-placed Indian archer at 11th in the women's individual recurve qualification.
India will take on the winners of France and the Netherlands in women's team quarter-finals on Sunday; Men's team most fancied
Manu Bhaker and partner Sarabjot Singh will compete in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal play-off match on Tuesday.
Bhajan Kaur clinched India an Olympic individual quota in style, winning a gold medal
A look at India's schedule at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
India women archers suffered a shock 3-5 loss to lower-ranked Ukraine in the pre-quarterfinals of the Final Olympic Qualifier.
The women's compound team thus has been unbeatable this season, having won the World Cup Stage 1 and Stage 2 gold medals in Shanghai and Yecheon in April and May respectively.
India finish with four medals in World Cup Stage 3.
The World Cup Stage 3 was the final chance for the non-qualified nations to make the cut based on their rankings.
'I really want to win an Olympic medal, and I won't quit until I achieve that'
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 8, Saturday, August 3, 2024:
Dhiraj Bommadevara clinched India's first Paris Olympics quota in archery when he bagged a silver at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament in Bangkok on Saturday.
Indian women's archery team endured a forgettable outing as they went down 0-6 to the Netherlands in the quarters.
India will send 117 athletes to the Paris Olympics, starting July 26 in the French capital. This will be India's second-biggest contingent at an Olympic Games after 121 athletes went to Tokyo in 2021. A total of 47 female and 70 male athletes will be part of the Indian contingent at the Games.
Singh's comments come just a day after India's foreign coach Baek Woong Ki was denied accreditation for the Games. The Korean, who had reached the French capital with the Indian team after overseeing its preparation in Marseille, said on Saturday that he "was removed from the Olympic coaching role at a critical time" and will now be flying back to India with his return ticket already booked.
The Indian trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami ousted World No. 4 USA 233-229 in the semi-final.
Medal layenge, medal layenge yeh baat tum dimaag se nikal do (a medal will never come if you chase after a medal, just focus on the processes)
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 3, Monday, July 29, 2024:
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Priyansh advanced to the compound mixed team final, confirming India's second medal, while Deepika Kumari brightened the country's gloomy recurve campaign, reaching to her second successive Archery World Cup semifinals after her comeback in the Stage 2 of the event, in Yecheon on Friday.
Priyansh, Jyothi make compound semis
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 4, Tuesday, July 30, 2024:
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2, on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
India's archers have never been able to go past the quarter-final hurdle at the Olympic Games.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 7, Friday, August 2, 2024:
Continuing her spirited progress post motherhood, former world number one Deepika Kumari eliminated Korean Jeon Hunyoung to storm into the semifinal, while compound archers continued to shine to assure India a fourth medal in the World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Friday.
India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday, October 2.
Here's your complete guide to when India's athletes compete at the Paris Olympics, with dates, events, and timings in IST.
Indian recurve archers clinched two bronze medals in the men's and women's team events at the World Cup Stage 4, in Paris on Thursday.
The women's team of Ankita Bhakat, Simranjeet Kaur and Bhajan Kaur defeated Vietnam to win a bronze at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday.
India's archers showed tenacity and authority in equal measure to storm into the quarter-finals in all the six team events of the Asian Games.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami stunned defending champions Colombia 220-216 to enter the final of the Archery World Championships
Former World No 1 Deepika Kumari, who was making a comeback after her maternity break, on Monday failed to make the Indian team for the Asian Games, World Cup and World Championships slated later this year.
'Yes, of course, there is little expectation on the results, but I am more focussed on my performance rather than the outcome because, in sports, anything can happen.'
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma reached the third round of the Archery World Championships after finishing sixth and seventh in the compound men and women qualification rounds respectively.
India's women archers won a team bronze in the recurve section to take their medal's tally to three at the World Cup Stage 2 in Gwangju, South Korea, on Thursday.
India's archers claimed a double in the compound events, winning both the men's and women's team gold medals in the World Cup Stage 4.
This is the first Olympic qualifier where the top-three finishers in individual and team categories will get berths at the Paris Games.
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Transition struggle for Indian archers in forgettable 2022
