Recurve archers fail to get visa, won t participate in World Cup
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Recurve archers fail to get visa (credit : world archery). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 6 : The eight-member Indian recurve archery team, including four in the women s category, will not compete in the Lausanne World Cup starting May 17 due to failure to get visas. The European nations are denying visas due to the second wave of Covid-19 in India. Even if we travel, there is a strict 10-day quarantine rule in Switzerland. With time running out, the best option was to skip the competition and focus on the Paris edition of the World Cup in June, which is also an Olympic qualifying competition, Pramod Chandurkar, secretary general of Archery Association of India (AAI), told IANS.
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KOLKATA, Apr 17: India’s compound archers were left high and dry after the national federation on Saturday barred them from boarding the flight to Guatemala for the World Cup Stage 1 after their coach’s “false positive” test report for COVID-19.
The Sonepat-based compound archers were to join the Olympic-bound recurve team at Delhi airport to catch a 2.50am flight on Saturday to Amsterdam en route Guatemala City for the April 19-25 World Cup Stage I.
After hearing that compound team coach Gaurav Sharma had tested positive for COVID-19 at SAI, Sonepat on Thursday, the Archery Association of India decided not to allow them to join the recurve team. The compound archers were left “stranded” on Karnal Bypass till late at night on Friday.
World Cup-bound archers get 2nd dose of Covid-19 vaccine
Thu, Apr 8 2021 15:21 IST |
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archer Deepika Kumari. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 8 : With 11 days to go for the season s first archery World Cup in Guatemala City, the Indian men and women s recurve teams got the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday evening, confirmed an official of the Archery Association of India (AAI). The World Cup begins on April 19.
The World Cup-bound archers, some of who have also been selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games, got the first dose of vaccine on March 8, the AAI official added.
The week-long archery World Cup, which is the season s first international competition, will give a clear picture of where the national men and women s teams stand.
8 Madhya Pradesh junior archers escape the burning train
By IANS| Updated: 14th March 2021 4:25 am IST
By Navneet Singh
New Delhi, March 13 : Eight junior Madhya Pradesh recurve archers, who were travelling to Dehradun for the Junior National Championships, had a narrow escape on Saturday afternoon when their coach of the Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express train caught fire near Haridwar and burned all their equipment and luggage.
However, none of the archers, coming from Jabalpur, sustained burn injuries. They finally reached Dehradun by the same train after the burned coach was detached. They bought new clothes in Dehradun, but will now have to make some arrangement to get equipment for the competition.
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