Olympians Dhiraj Bommadevara, Ankita Bhakat and Jyothi Surekha Vennam can be a part of the Indian archery squad for the Asian Video games 2026, which begins in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19.
The 12-member squad was finalised after the second section and last choice trials for the Asian Video games and World Cup Phases 3 and 4 on the SAI NCOE in Sonipat, Haryana. India chosen three women and men every within the recurve and compound classes.
The ladies’s recurve duo of Kumkum Mohod and Ankita Bhakat – who mixed to upset the Folks’s Republic of China for gold on the Archery World Cup in Shanghai lately – are within the squad.
Nonetheless, Olympian Deepika Kumari, who was additionally part of the successful workforce on the Archery World Cup in Shanghai, missed out.
The lads’s recurve squad can be led by Dhiraj Bommadevara within the absence of the skilled Atanu Das, who additionally didn’t make the minimize like his spouse, Deepika.
Each Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das completed fourth within the choice trials and narrowly missed making the minimize.
Atanu Das competed on the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Video games and helped India win a silver medal within the recurve workforce occasion.
Asian Video games 2026: Indian archery squad
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Recurve males: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge
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Recurve girls: Kirti Sharma, Kumkum Anil Mohod, Ankita Bhakat
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Compound males: Sahil Jadhav, Kushal Dalal, Thirumuru Ganesh Mani Ratnam
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Compound girls: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep
The ladies’s compound workforce can be led by world No. 3 Jyothi Surekha, who received three medals on the 2023 Asian Video games, clinching gold within the particular person, workforce and blended groups occasions.
India received a complete of 9 medals in archery at Hangzhou 2023, together with 5 gold, two silver and two bronze.
The Indian archery squad for the Asian Video games 2026 may even signify the nation on the World Cup Phases 3 and 4.
World Cup Phases 3 is scheduled to happen in June at Antalya, Türkiye, whereas Stage 4 can be held in Madrid, Spain, in July.