South Korea's women archers mastered trying conditions in the individual competition on Sunday.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.
Nikhil Kanetkar and Abhinn Shyam Gupta begin their campaign in the men's badminton tournament.
Lauryn Williams clocked 10.93 seconds to join men's gold medallist Justin Gatlin as a world champion.
All athletes in the Indian team for Athens Olympics are clean, a top Athletics Federation of India official said.
Anju tops the list of women's long jumpers while the US-based Gowda is the top-ranked men's discus thrower.
Dilip Tirkey will lead an 18-member team for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland, from August 14 to 21.
Indian tennis ace Leander Paes on his new doubles partner Martin Damm and goals for 2006.
The 366-building complex on 400 acres of public land at the foot of Mount Parnitha will house more than 17,000 athletes and officials and will employ 10,000.
The Olympic silver medallist was honoured with the Ati Vishist Seva Medal.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Sobha Developers, a Dubai-based real estate company, will fund the ace Indian long junper's training ahead of the Athens Olympics.
The restoration work, held up for more than 200 years, took nine months to be completed.
Devendra Jhajharia, on Tuesday became the first para athlete to receive India's highest sporting honour -- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- along with hockey star Sardar Singh, who has endured trying times off the field in the last one year.
The Olympic silver medallist scored 191.0 points, his best since 2002, at the National Shooting Championships.
The decision over Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou is expected on Tuesday.
The German was axed after the team slumped to fourth in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were among a group of Greek athletes to be tested by doctors from WADA.
Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi won the Olympic pole vault on Friday and her country's first athletics gold since the 2004 Athens Games.
Dilip Tirkey and Gagan Ajit Singh have been nominated for the International Hockey Federation's Best Player of the Year award.
India will begin their campaign in the 2004 tournament with a match against Germany.
The main interest ahead of the AGM is focused on incumbent president K P S Gill's possible bid for another term.
The two Indian pugilists reached the finals in the third Asian qualifying event for the Athens Olympics.
The mercurial forward and Baljit Singh Dhillon are among nine players named for a pre-Olympic camp in Cologne from May 27 to June 21.
The IOA president said Pillay's experience could improve the medal chances of the eight-time Olympic hockey champions.
As a result of the explosions that rocked Athens on Wednesday, the cost of insurance in case the Games are called off has rocketed.
National hockey coach Rajinder Singh said it was too early to say whether the penalty corner expert would be picked in the Olympics team.
The ace shooter scored 598 out of 600 in the second trial of the 10m Air Rifle event.
"I've achieved my dreams so now I'm in a position to say, 'well I can do what I want,'" said the double Olympic champion.
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