We want to provide all the support to the archers, says Kiren Rijiju
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India's newly-appointed sports minister Kiren Rijiju has assured that he is willing to provide all the support required by Indian archers to do well on the international stage in the coming years. Rijju has added that he is confident that the women’s team will secure a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian men’s archery team came home with a tally of three medals which included a silver and two bronze from the recently-concluded World Championship in Den Bosch, Netherlands. The trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav won the silver medal in the men’s recurve team event and also secured a quota for the 2020 Olympics.
India's newly-appointed sports minister - Kiren Rijju - heaped praise on the archers' performance at the tournament while he added that the government is keen on providing funding to enhance the performance of the archers.
“We want to provide all the support to the archers, all those who have performed well for India and also those who have the potential. We will give them funding for coaches, training facilities, technical support and whatever other things the may require.
“The government already provides them with all these and the athletes are satisfied but whatever more they require to enhance their performance the government will do,” said Rijiju as per PTI sources.
In the women’s category, Jyothi Surekha Vennam produced a stellar show to help the compound team, also featuring Muskan Kirar and Raj Kaur, bag the bronze medal. The women’s recurve team narrowly missed out on securing a quota in the World Championship but have one more event to seal a spot for Tokyo 2020.
“The women’s team are very confident I’m sure they will also qualify. India has always been strong. Sometimes even if you are performing well you don’t win a medal because luck doesn’t favour you. But after seeing their performance I feel they will get a medal in Tokyo,” Rijiju said.
