Atanu Das, Deepika Kumari in Indian Recurve Archery Squad for Tokyo Olympics

Veteran Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai among men and Deepika Kumari in the women’s section will lead the Indian recurve archery squad during this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Following the final selection trials (Trial 3) at Pune’s Army Institute of Sports, a six-strong squad consisting of three male and equal number of female archers was selected for the quadrennial extravaganza.

Apart from Atanu and Tarundeep, the Indian men’s team has other archers Praveen Jadhav, while Ankita Bhakat and Komolika Bari complete the women’s team.

A release from the Sports Authority stated, “The selection for the Olympic team on the points system took into account the score of Trial 2, which took place in November 2020, the score of this test and whether the archer won the Olympic quota Was “India said.

The men’s recurve team has already achieved the quota by winning a silver medal at the 2019 Archery World Championships held in the Netherlands.

“By winning this quota, they were also eligible for the single athlete quota in the men’s individual recurve event,” Sai said.

Praveen topped the trials held on Monday and finished first in the overall category, achieving his first Olympic appearance.

Atanu finished second while Tarundeep finished third among all the three criteria. Tarundeep is a two-time former Olympian who represented India in 2004 and 2012 and will play his third Olympics in Tokyo.

Atanu, who has played in his second Olympics since 2016, said, “I am very happy with the way I went to trial and I am now sure for the Olympics. I went through a long process between 2016 Olympics till now I realized that the mental aspect of the game is very important. I look forward to doing my best in both individual and team events in Tokyo. “

Deepika, who has already won the Olympic quota at the 2019 Asian Archery Championships, topped Monday’s trial.

This will be Deepika’s third Olympics after 2012 and 2016. Ankita finished second while Komolika Bari finished third.

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The women’s recurve team is yet to achieve the Olympic quota and will get a chance in the final team qualification competition to be held in Paris from 18 to 21 June.

The trio of Deepika, Ankita and Komolika will represent India in that event and if they earn a quota they will represent India at the Olympics after Monday’s results.