Asian Archery Championship News

Indian recurve archery teams managed to add two more silver medals and a bronze, on the final day of Asian Archery Championships 2021 in Dhaka on Friday. In the week-long continental competition, the Indian archers managed to clinch seven medals -- one gold, four silvers, and two bronze.

Archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam has done the country proud as she won the gold medal in the women’s individual compound event, while Abhishek Verma clinched silver in the men's section at the Asian Archery Championships 2021 on Thursday. Jyothi went on to beat South Korean Oh Yoohyun in the final.

A new look Team India will represent the nation at the upcoming 2021 Asian Archery Championship, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Most of the seasoned players who represented India at the Olympics, won't be a part of the Indian squad as they failed to perform well at the Nationals and the selection trials.

Indian archer Atanu Das clinched a bronze medal in the individual category of men's recurve at the Asian Championships in Bangkok on Tuesday. Competed as a natural athlete — because of the Indian federation being suspended — the 27-year-old defeated Jin Hayek Oh of Korea in the match.