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Indian archers to make Olympic history, says Archery Association chief

Indian Archery Association (AAI) President Arjun Munda believes the Tokyo-bound archery team will make history for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. “See, we have confidence in our players that they will do their best and that the try is for the nation, their success is the nation’s success. The way they played made the nation proud, the recent gold medals in tournaments say it all. As president of the IAA, I think this time around archers will do well in the Olympics and in storyline history internationally, ”he told ANI.

Last month the Indian recurve team, consisting of Deepika Kumari, Komalika Bari and Ankita Bhakat, won a gold medal in stage 3 of the Archery World Cup in Paris. Deepika also won the recurve individual event by 6-0 and the mixed event with her husband Atanu Das.

“Today there is a really encouraging environment as our players are going to show their best performances at the Olympics and India expects our players to be certainly the best. The nation supports our players and the way the Prime Minister has interacted with the players is very good. He spoke with the players, exchanged views and encouraged them. The players are also confident of doing well and I hope that our players will certainly do well at the Olympics, ”he said.

Meanwhile, the Indian archery team led by Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das left for Tokyo to compete in the Olympics. “On the way to Tokyo. The day begins. This is the first time that we have had the privilege of having a very comfortable trip. Thank you very much @Media_SAI @Anurag_Office @KirenRijiju @PMOIndia, ”Atanu Das tweeted on Saturday.

A total of 127 athletes from 18 Indian sports disciplines will travel to Tokyo. This is the largest contingent India sends to the Olympics. The 69 cumulative events in the 18 sports disciplines in which India will participate are also the highest on record for the country.

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