With India set to compete in all four archery events of next month's London Olympics after the men's team made the cut, the country has the best chance to win a medal and script history, Archery Association Secretary General Paresh Nath Mukherjee said on Friday.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 8, Saturday, August 3, 2024:
Manu Bhaker and partner Sarabjot Singh will compete in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal play-off match on Tuesday.
Deepika managed to stay in the top 10 in the qualification round with a total score of 663.
Rakesh started on the backfoot with Ken pulling off a perfect first end shooting 30 out of 30, while the Indian dropped a point.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
'I never expected it, because my personal best in a competition was 710. And this is my best score.'
Shooter Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics while Gukesh was crowned the World Chess Champion in Singapore, last month.
Indian athletes accorded grand send-off ahead of Paralympics Games
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 3, Monday, July 29, 2024:
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
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.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
India's archers signed off with a historic haul of nine medals at the 2023 Asian Games.
National archery coach Limba Ram feels that the Asian Grand Prix beginning Tuesday in Bangkok will provide an ideal platform to test the Indian archers ahead of the all important Olympic qualifiers.
Sheetal Devi finished second in the women's individual compound open ranking round with a stunning performance to directly make a round of 16 entry
Gold medal-winning archer Harvinder Singh and sprinter Preeti Pal, who won two medals at the Paralympics, will be India's flag bearers during the closing ceremony of the Paris Games on Sunday.
India schedule for the fifth day of the Paris Paralympics on Monday.
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday praised star pacer Mohammed Shami and para-archer Sheetal Devi after being honoured with the Arjuna Award in Delhi.
Bhajan Kaur clinched India an Olympic individual quota in style, winning a gold medal
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.
The sports ministry cleared the final contingent that also features 140 support staff and officials, of which 72 "have been approved at cost to the Government" to meet the "requirements" of the travelling sportspersons.
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.
The Indian men's recurve team comprising Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia ranked second overall in the FITA round qualification of the 16th Asian archery championship at Bali, Indonesia.
Check out Indian athletes' schedule for Thursday, August 1, Day 6 of competition
India won their first-ever silver medal, after losing to South Korea in the final, in the World Outdoor Target Archery Championship.
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.
Dhiraj Bommadevara blamed himself for the 'technical fault'
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.
Rajat Chauhan ensured India a medal by making the final in the compound section, while Laxmirani Majhi advanced to the bronze medal play-off in the women's recurve in the World Archery Championships, in Copenhagen, on Thursday.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics, in Paris, on Monday, September 2.
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)
Indian archers produced an impressive performance, grabbing three gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Championships in Dhaka on Thursday.
India's para-athletes, defying physical limitations, showcased exceptional determination in their recent Paralympic campaign, contributing to a historic medal haul of 29.
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.
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.
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.
The para-athletes outnumbered the able-bodied ones in the list this time due to the magnificent Paris Paralympics performance in which they returned with 29 medals, including seven gold and nine silver.
Deepika Kumari is torn between two worlds. One where the doting mother longs to be with her 19-month-old daughter Vedika, and another where the ace Indian archer craves for an elusive Olympic medal.
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.
