Archery was one discipline which generated a lot of hype in the run-up to the Olympics and the let-down was one of the big blows to India's hit-and-miss overall campaign of one silver and one bronze medal show in Rio 2016.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Indian women archers started their campaign on a disappointing note as they came up with a ninth place finish at the women's archery team competition in the ranking round held at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
The postponement of the Tokyo Games was a bitter pill to swallow for Indian archer Tarundeep Rai as he will get one year older when he takes the field for his third Olympics. He has been forced to change his training due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic and the 21-day nationwide lockdown. His daily routine now is to search for videos on "how to build shoulder muscles" and train at the gym for long hours.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Focused on winning their first ever Olympic medal, the Indian archers will skip the much-awaited opening ceremony of the Rio Games on Friday.
India's best woman archer Deepika Kumari, lost narrowly to Ming Cheng of China in the shoot-off to settle for a silver medal in the prestigious Archery World Cup final held in Istanbul on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The triumphant Indian women's recurve team, which clinched the World Cup Stage IV crown in Poland, returned home in the wee hours to a lukewarm response.
Virat Kohli sent the shutterbugs into a clicking frenzy as he received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
The IOA also said that the decision will now relieve the Indian athletes of having to train amidst lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Indian women's recurve team earned Olympic quota for the 2016 Rio Games by entering the final, while the men's trio failed to advance after giving away a handsome lead, at the Archery World Championships, in Copenhagen, on Tuesda
Deepika Kumari sits atop the world rankings in women's archery, but she failed to deliver when it mattered and was knocked out in the opening round in the women's individual event at the London Olympic, on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
For most young boys growing up in cricket-crazy India, walking out on the hallowed turf at Lord's is the stuff dreams are made of. Archer Tarundeep Rai is no different.
Indian women recurve team on Sunday missed the opportunity to win its first-ever gold medal and had to settle for a bronze at the World Cup Archery Stage III at Ogden (USA).
The Indian men's archery team got a much needed boost to their preparations for next year's London Olympics after Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ), a non-profit organisation, on Tuesday announced their support to the prospective medal winners.
Former Commonwealth and Asian Games medallist Deepika Kumari steered Jhakhand to two team gold medals in the recurve archery events but stunningly missed out on an individual podium finish even as the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) continued to stay on course for a hat-trick of overall titles on the eighth day of competitions in the 35th National Games in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.
They migt be winning laurels for the country all over the world but Indian archers are treated like 'lepers' by the Sports Authority of India, alleges Archery Association of India Secretary General Paresh Nath Mukherjee.
Jayanta Talukdar earned an Olympic quota place from the men's individual recurve event of the Archery World Championship at Turin, in Italy in Kolkata.
Inconsistency coupled with some sloppy finishes cost the Indian archers dear as they lost all their matches in the final to settle for three silver medals in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Ogden, USA.
The Indian contingent's schedule at the Rio Olympics for Monday.
India's 572 athletes hope to return home with an overflowing treasure chest of medals.
This year a whopping 74 winners were picked for the national honours, including an unprecedented five Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnas and 27 Arjuna awardees.
India had a rich haul of four gold, two silver and two bronze medals on the third day of the four-day second Asian archery Grand Prix at Bangkok on Thursday.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra made the announcement during the send-off ceremony in New Delhi on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Former Olympian and chief coach Limba Ram says the Archery Association of India has done 'grave injustice' to Mangal Singh Champia, who was denied a place in the team for the Rio Olympics.
Shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Anup Sridhar on Sunday saved India from a total wash-out on the second day of the Beijing Olympics as shooters spearheaded by World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu and the women's archery team bowed out of the competition.
Top-ranked women recurve archer Deepika Kumari of Jharkhand created two national records in the FITA round on the opening day of the 34th Senior National Archery Championship at JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur.
A 42-member support staff will accompany the contingent for the August 8-24 Games.
Indian archers entered the final round in individual recurve and compound as well as team events, at the Commonwealth Archery Championships.
Out-of-form archer Chekrovolu Swuro has been replaced by Reena Kumari in the four-member squad for the Beijing Olympics.
The Indian men's team lost in the semi-finals to Australia and will play Italy in Sunday's third place play-off, in the Meteksan Archery World Cup in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.
In a bid to ensure that medal prospects for the 2020 Olympics get sustained help for the next four years, the Sports Ministry has directed the National Sports Federations (NSFs) to identify potential medallists by the end of this month.
The committee also picked 19 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award, including the likes of cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav, track and field stars Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Mohammed Anas and Swapna Barman.
The Indian archers may find the going tough against the strong Koreans who are expected to dominate the event at the Asian Games.
Atanu Das provided the silver lining on another disappointing day for Indians at the Rio Olympics, entering the pre-quarter-finals of the Individual Recurve event on Tuesday.
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