India will send a maximum of six archers to the Paris 2024 Olympics after winning team quotas in both the men's and women's recurve events.
The six-person Indian archery squad for Paris 2024 was also revealed on Tuesday. India will send a full quota of archers to the Olympics for the first time since London 2012.Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai will make their fourth Olympic appearance in Paris.
Deepika became a mother in December 2022 and has been a regular on the Indian Olympic archery team since London 2012.Rai, 40, made his Olympic debut in Athens in 2004 and has also represented India in London (2012) and Tokyo 2020.
Pravin Jadhav also returns for his second Summer Games, following Tokyo 2020.
Dhiraj Bommadevara, who earned an individual men's quota at the Asian qualifiers in Bangkok last year, and Bhajan Kaur, who won a separate women's quota in the final archery Olympic qualifiers in Antalya earlier this month, also made the team.
Ankita Bhakat, like Dhiraj and Bhajan, will make her Olympic debut in Paris.Our Men’s and Women’s Archery teams will battle it out for Olympic Glory at @Paris2024. Here’s our squad of qualified athletes!
— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) June 25, 2024
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Though these two were the only Paris 2024 quotas Indian archers received through direct competition, they were eventually upgraded to team quotas, letting India compete in all five medal events.
According to the Paris 2024 archery qualification standards, the top two teams per gender in the global rankings as of June 24 that did not get team quotas from previous qualifying events received team quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics.The Indian men's and women's teams met the criterion, and the two individual quotas were later converted to team quotas.
Countries that achieve team quotas can compete in the gender-specific team event, the mixed team event, and the individual event with three archers each.Indian archers have never won a medal at the Olympics.The individual ranking round of the Paris 2024 archery competition will take place on July 25, a day before the opening ceremony. The following stages will take place at Les Invalides, from July 28 to August 4.
| Category | Names |
|---|---|
| Men | Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Pravin Jadhav |
| Women | Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat |
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