Asian Archery Championship kick-started from 22 November and today is the last day. While all the archers aimed for the best shot, Indian athletes definitely left a mark with their back to back outstanding performances.
In the Mixed Team Recurve competition, ace archer Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das brought bronze to India after beating the team of China by 6-2.
.@ImDeepikaK and #AtanuDas won the bronze medal in mixed team recurve at the #AsianArchery Championships after beating China 6-2.
Many Congratulations.#KheloIndia@KirenRijiju @DGSAI @PIB_India @RijijuOffice @PMOIndia @IndiaSports @ddsportschannel pic.twitter.com/oYthEDQExl— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 25, 2019
Atanu Das also showcased some brilliant shots in Men’s Recurve, bagging the bronze medal in the championship. Atanu currently holds 22 position in the Men’s Recurve World Ranking.
#TOPSAthlete #AtanuDas won a bronze medal in men’s recurve at the #AsianArchery Championships in Bangkok after beating South Korea’s Jin Hyek Oh 6-5.
Many congratulations.#KheloIndia@KirenRijiju @DGSAI @RijijuOffice @PIB_India @PMOIndia @ddsportschannel pic.twitter.com/jpIPyDi5x3— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 26, 2019
The Men’s and Women’s Team Recurve events also witnessed a great show from the Indian archers and the players bought two more bronze medals to India defeating China and Japan respectively.
The team of #AtanuDas, #JayantaTalukdar and #TarundeepRai won the bronze medal in men’s team recurve at the Asian Archery Championships after beating China 6-2. Many congratulations.#KheloIndia pic.twitter.com/CHWz7ybGBK
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 26, 2019
The team of @ImDeepikaK , #AnkitaBhakat and #BombaylaDevi won the bronze in women’s team recurve at the Asian Archery Championships after beating Japan 5-1. Great show.#KheloIndia@KirenRijiju @DGSAI @RijijuOffice @PIB_India @PMOIndia @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/FzbofAsaer
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 26, 2019
Well, the archers hailing from India did not just stop there. The mixed team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam and three times Asian games medalist Abhishek Verma bagged gold for India while the compound team of Abhishek and Rajat Chauhan also clinched the silver medal in the championship.
Gold for Jyothi-Abhishek!
The team of @VJSurekha and @archer_abhishek won the gold medal in mixed team compound at the Asian Archery C’ships after beating Chinese Taipei 158-151. The women’s compound team of #JyothiVennam, #MuskanKirar and #PriyaGurjar won silver.#KheloIndia pic.twitter.com/abuCzzGiKr— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 27, 2019
The men's compound archery team of @archer_abhishek , @Rajat_archer and #MohanBhardwaj won the silver medal at the Asian #ArcheryChampionships. Many congratulations.#KheloIndia@KirenRijiju @DGSAI @RijijuOffice @PIB_India @PMOIndia @ddsportschannel @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/F5Mia1Tqbn
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) November 27, 2019
The 21 edition of Asian Archery Championship is currently held in Bangkok, Thailand and is the third championship of the year for qualifying in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with six quotas held for Asian archers.
