EYES ON DEEPIKA, ATANU AS ARCHERS LOOK TO END GAMES DROUGHT

With four days to go for the Tokyo Olympics to get underway, athletes across the globe are looking to give finishing touch to their preparations for the showpiece event. The Indian contingent is no different as 127 athletes will look to give it their all and bring glory to the country. And the archers in the contingent are expected to rise to the challenge and bring glory with their performances.Archery would host five events in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics — men’s individual, women’s individual, men’s team, women’s team, and mixed team. More than 120 athletes across the world are expected to participate in the events. They will get underway from July 23 and it will run up to July 31 at the Yumenoshima Park Archery Field.

Archery is one event where India is yet to win a medal at the Olympics. However, this time around, the country is confident of its archery contingent as all four qualified competitors go into the competition having done well in their previous competitions.

Four Indian archers have qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Games and they are — Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, Praveen Jadhav, and Deepika Kumari. Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, and Praveen Jadhav are the three archers who would be competing in the men’s individual event and these three also make up the men’s team.

The women’s team has not qualified for the upcoming Olympics.Deepika Kumari who is now the number one archer in world rankings after winning gold at the Paris World Cup, is the lone Indian participant in the women’s individual event.