Britain's Grinham becomes first pregnant athlete to win Paralympics medal
India secured one of their biggest triumphs in archery as the men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav stunned reigning Olympic champions South Korea to win the gold medal at the ongoing World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Sunday.
The Indian women's recurve team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur's fairy-tale run was halted by Chinese Taipei in a one-sided final at the World Cup Stage 3, in Paris, on Sunday.
The year 2023 will go down as extremely memorable for the Indian sports fraternity as players across various disciplines came together to script history at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
India have sent an 84-strong contingent of para-athletes, the largest ever in the country's history -- a heady mix of youth and experience, for the Paralympic Games, starting in Paris on Wednesday.
Saini, who had won the compound mixed team gold with Pragati, made amends in the bronze place playoff, when he beat Frenchman Victor Bouleau 148-146 to sign off with three medals (one gold, two bronze).
The Indian women's recurve team squandered a two-set lead and went down to top seed Russians in the shoot-off to bag a silver medal at the World Archery Championships, in the final in Copenhagen, 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's medal tally at the ongoing Paralympics has gone up to 27, with six gold medals, nine silver medals, and 12 bronze medals.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
'I never expected it, because my personal best in a competition was 710. And this is my best score.'
Jyothi Surekha Vennam and her debutant partner Ojas Deotale were at their ruthless best while prevailing over Chinese Taipei 159-154 as India grabbed the compound mixed team archery gold to open their account in the World Cup Stage 1 in Antalya on Saturday.
Rajat Chouhan and Manjudha Soy lost out by one point in the compound mixed team final to earn India a silver medal in the Archery World Cup Stage II at Antalya, Turkey on Saturday.
Compound archers once again overshadowed their recurve teammates as India bagged three gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.
Having lost the men's and women's team events in the morning session, Verma and Dahal were India's only hope to sign off with a medal and the duo did not disappoint.
India's archers signed off with a historic haul of nine medals at the 2023 Asian Games.
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.
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.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics, in Paris, on Monday, September 2.
India's final tally in Hangzhou stood at 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze, a quantum leap from the 70 medals the contingent bagged at Jakarta in 2018.
Jyothi Vennam and Ojas Deotale emerged champions in a thrilling archery showdown, securing a remarkable second archery gold medal for India at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam used all her experience to prevail over her team-mate Aditi Swami to advance to the women's compound individual final at the Asian Games.
Shyam Sundar Swami and Jyoti Baliyan bagged India's their first medal in the World Archery Para Championships
How India's athletes fared at the Paris Paralympic Games on Friday.
Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist IAS officer Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj bettered his bronze from the last edition by winning gold in the SL4 final. Sukant Kadam took home the bronze in the same event.
They will be against Chinese Taipei in the final on Sunday.
Compound archery chief coach Sergio Pagni opened up on India's recipes for securing historic three gold medals in the recent World Championships.
Compound archery does not feature in Olympics and Asian Games is the only multisport extravaganza they get to compete in and Aditi was "excited" to fight for a bronze in her maiden appearances.
India finally came good, assuring themselves at least a silver medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 being held in Medellin, Colombia.
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.
Madhya Pradesh archers without any pre-match day practice concluded their campaign with two silver and one bronze
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
Transition struggle for Indian archers in forgettable 2022
Aditi Swami became the youngest-ever senior world champion at 17 years when she secured India's first-ever individual title at the World Archery Championships with women's compound gold.
Dhiraj Bommadevara blamed himself for the 'technical fault'
India emerged champions in the second Commonwealth Archery championship bagging five gold, two silver and one bronze medals.
Indian archers produced an impressive performance, winning six medals, including two gold, at the 16th Asian Championship in Indonesia.
It was a none-too-impressive beginning to the Olympic calendar year for Indian archers as they finished with a solitary silver medal in the World Cup Stage I, which concluded in Shanghai on Sunday.
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
