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.
Pawan Xalxo and Dola Banerjee reigned supreme in the men's and women's recurve sections respectively in the qualification round of the Asian Grand Prix archery in Dhaka on Wednesday.
In what turned out to be a fruitful day for the Indian archers in the 17th Asian Games, Abhishek Verma settled for a silver after going down to Esmaeil Ebadi of Iran in the compound men's individual gold medal match in Incheon on Saturday.
Mangal Singh Champia, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee combined to clinch their second successive gold in the men's recurve team event as India signed off with three medals in the Archery World Cup Stage I at Santo Domnigo in the Dominican Republic. The trio had earned India its first-ever gold at the Meteksan World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, last year.
Indian archers put up a dismal show in the 45th World Archery Championship as both the men and women teams failed to qualify for the knock-out stage in Ulsan, South Korea, on Wednesday.
India's schedule at the Asian Games: Day 4
Deepika Kumari, India's best bet in women's archery, showed good form to finish eighth in the ranking round of the women's individual recurve event at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field in Incheon on Wednesday.
Verma wins compound individual gold, opens tally for India.
Madhya Pradesh archers without any pre-match day practice concluded their campaign with two silver and one bronze
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the eighth day of the Asian Games on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India's golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar romped home to a three-shot victory at the Macao Open to bag his eighth Asian Tour title in Macau on Sunday.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the sixth day of the Asian Games.
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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.
Indian archers grabbed three gold medals in the recurve event and are all set to make a clean sweep in the discipline at the 12th South Asian Games, in Shillong on Tuesday.
India's schedule for Thursday, the sixth day of competition at the Asian Games, in Incheon.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The Indian recurve archers wrapped up a thoroughly disappointing performance at the 17th Asian Games after the women's team lost a tense bronze medal match to Japan in a shoot-off in Incheon on Sunday.
South Korea's Kim Woo-jin made the most of perfect shooting conditions to set a 72-arrow world record in the Olympic archery at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Friday and fire an ominous warning at challengers to his gold medal claims.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Banned by basketball's governing body and a source of controversy at the Asian Games, hijabs were worn freely at the archery tournament in Incheon on Friday as athletes struggled to comprehend how a headscarf could cause such an uproar.
India, on Tuesday, clinched a maiden Asian Games medal in Sepaktakraw despite its men's regu team losing to defending champion Thailand in Pelambang.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
What a year Sania Mirza, Leander Paes, Saina Nehwal, Vijender Singh and Anirban Lahiri had!
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
It was a day when India counted the silvers, a total of five, even though there was no gold in the tally.
India assured themselves of at least another silver medal in the 17th Asian Games after the trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar entered the final of the compound men's team archery event in Incheon on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The overall tally of six gold, five silver and 14 bronze medals at the end of day six put the country in 8th spot in the table with China leading the pack by quite a distance, having already crossed the 100-mark.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Indian sports had a lot to celebrate despite a decrease in the medal count at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.
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Some stellar performances by seasoned veterans and promising youngsters continued to raise the bar in Olympic sports but there was heartbreak in equal measure when corruption scandals blighted India's favourite obsession, cricket, in a see-saw year for the country's sportspersons.
