Russian Paralympic archers sweep podium
September 4th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Paralympic archers swept the podium in the men's standing category as Timur Tuchinov beat Oleg Shestakov in the final here.Tuchinov downed Shestakov 7-3, while ... Read more...
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Deepika Kumari still wondering what hit her in London
August 9th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Teenage archer Deepika Kumari, still struggling to come to terms with her first round loss at the London Olympics, says she cracked under pressure of ... Read more...
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Archery secretary-general wants to quit, blames failure on ‘media hype’
August 6th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) In a fall-out of the disastrous performance of the Indian archers in the London Olympics, Archery Association of India (AAI) general secretary Paresh Nath Mukherje has ... Read more...
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Olympics archery: No excuse to offer, say coaches
August 5th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) India's archery coaches Limba Ram and Ravi Shankar have no excuse to offer for their team's disastrous show at the London Olympics."There are no excuses at ... Read more...
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Olympics archery: South Korea’s Oh shoots gold
August 4th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Oh Jin Hyek won an Olympics gold for South Korea in the men's individual archery Friday, with a dominant victory over his Japanese opponent Takaharu ... Read more...
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Olympics: India men bow out, Deepika now lone hope (Archery Intro Roundup)
August 1st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) India's challenge in men's individual archery event at the London Olympics came to an unceremonious end with all three participants crashing out in eliminators here Tuesday.Chekrovolu ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men bow out after tense finish (Roundup)
July 28th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian men failed to hold their nerves in crunch situations after a sound start to lose to Japan in the tie-breaker and bow out of the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men crash out (Lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian archers failed to hold their nerves in crunch situations after a sound start to lose to Japan in the tie-breaker and bow out of the ... Read more...
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Olympic archery: Indian men’s team knocked out
July 28th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian archers bowed out of the men's team event at the London Olympics after losing to Japan in the tie-breaker here Saturday.Both teams were tied at ... Read more...
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Archery spectators turned away from Lord’s
July 28th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) Hundreds of spectators for the archery event at the London 2012 Olympics Games were turned away from the Lord's cricket ground on the opening day, Friday, ... Read more...
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Olympics: Deepika’s show only silver lining for Indian archery (Second Lead)
July 27th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) India's ace archer Deepika Kumari was eighth overall with 662 points to lead the women's team to the ninth (1,938 points) place after the male archers ... Read more...
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Hype around Indian archery team justified: Team manager
July 20th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) Team manager Paresh Mukherjee has said the hype around Indian archers was justified but the athletes should be reasonable with their expectations at the London ... Read more...
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South Korea the team to beat at Olympics: Rahul Banerjee
July 14th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Olympic medal hopeful archer Rahul Banerjee Saturday pointed to South Korea as the toughest opponent and said the London weather will play a significant role at ... Read more...
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Indian archers ranked 3rd for Olympic qualifier
June 20th, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The Indian troika of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai gave the country the third place in the London Olympics qualification round at Ogden, in ... Read more...
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Last chance for archers to qualify for Olympics
June 12th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) India's three-man archery recurve team is leaving for Ogden in the US in the wee hours of Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to qualify for ... Read more...
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India win triple gold in Asian Grand Prix archery (Lead)
February 18th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) India won a rich haul of three gold, three silver and a bronze medal in the individual and team sections of the first Asian Grand Prix ... Read more...
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Asian Grand Prix archery: Seven Indians in semis
February 17th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Seven Indian archers Friday entered the individual semifinals of different categories at the first Asian Grand Prix in Bangkok.Mangal Singh Champia, who is known more for ... Read more...
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‘Only archers who qualify will go to London Olympics’
October 12th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Only those archers who have qualified for the 2012 London Olympics will represent the country, even though they have won the quota places for the ... Read more...
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Deepika bags silver in World cup archery finals
September 26th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) India's Deepika Kumari went down to China's Cheng Ming 5-6 in a tie-breaker of the women's individual recurve summit clash at the World Cup archery finals ... Read more...
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Deepika bags silver in archery World Cup
September 25th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) India's Deepika Kumari went down to China's Cheng Ming 5-6 in the tie-breaker of the women's individual recurve summit clash at the World Cup archery finals ... Read more...
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World Cup Stage I archery: Indians put up a modest show
May 4th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist Deepika Kumari was the only top-eight finisher in the FITA round as Indian archers put up a modest performance on day one ... Read more...
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Foreign coach, overseas training must for London Olympics: Deepika
December 3rd, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Ace archer Deepika Kumari feels India need a foreign coach besides regular overseas trips to have a realistic chance of winning medals at London 2012 Olympics.Deepika, who ... Read more...
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Bronze in archery, Mary Kom and Somdev eye medals (Afternoon Lead)
November 22nd, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian men's team won an archery bronze while World champion boxer Mary Kom and tennis star Somdev Devvarman were headed for a medal finish after 10 ... Read more...
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Asian Games archery: India’s men team win bronze
November 22nd, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 22 (IANS) The India's men team defeated Chinese Taipei to win the archery bronze medal at the Asian Games here Monday.India, who lost to South Korea 216-222 ... Read more...
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Asian Games archery: Modest show by Indians
November 20th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 20 (IANS) Indian men's recurve archers found the going tough in the 16th Asian Games archery competition at the Aoti Archery Range, finishing fourth in the team's qualification after the ... Read more...
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West Bengal rewards CWG medal winners
November 3rd, 2010 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) Commonwealth Games medallists from West Bengal were rewarded by the state government here Tuesday and were given cash prizes ranging from Rs.2-7 lakh.Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee handed over ... Read more...
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‘Lenin’s death will leave a big void in compound archery’
October 25th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The tragic death of coach Cherukuri Lenin is a huge loss for the country's archers, feels Commonwealth Games medallists Rahul Banerjee and Jayanta Talukdar.The 25-year-old Lenin died ... Read more...
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Jharkhand government felicitates CWG archers, ignores hockey player
October 20th, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Jharkhand government Wednesday felicitated the Indian archers including local girl Deepika Kumari for their medal-winning performances at the Commonwealth Games but ignored the efforts of hockey player ... Read more...
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Tata Steel felicitates archers, Deepika gets Rs.10 lakh
October 18th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 18 (IANS) India's medal-winning archers at the Commonwealth Games were accorded a warm welcome on their arrival here and felicitated by Tata Steel Monday.Double gold medallist Deepika Kumari was given ... Read more...
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CWG archery: India end campaign with three gold (Roundup)
October 10th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Deepaki Kumari, India's young archery sensation, and Rahul Banerjee won gold in individual recurve events, rounding off a memorable outing for the archers at the ... Read more...
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CWG archery: Deepika wins gold, Dola bronze (Lead)
October 10th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Young archery sensation Deepika Kumari won a gold while veteran Dola Banerjee ended up with a bronze in the women's recurve individual event of the ... Read more...
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CWG: At Games half-way, Indians set new marks
October 9th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) New records in shooting, superb showing by wrestlers, first ever Commonwealth Games medals in archery, athletics and gymnastics -- hosts India had much to celebrate at ... Read more...
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CWG: Two more gold for India, Somdev in final (Afternoon Lead)
October 8th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India's gold haul continued at the Commonwealth games Friday with women archers and men shooters bagging one each to take the count to 16. Home teams ... Read more...
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Indian archers shine in compound team event (Second Lead)
October 7th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Indian archers Thursday won their maiden Commonwealth Games medals, bagging a silver and a bronze here Thursday.The men's team comprising Ritul Chatterjee, Jignas Chittibomo and Chinna Raju ... Read more...
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CWG archery: First-ever medal for India (Lead)
October 7th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India won its first-ever archery medal in the Commonwealth Games Thursday as the trio of Gagandeep Kaur, Jhano Hansdah and Bheigyabati Chanu bagged an unexpected bronze in ... Read more...
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