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India Gazette
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- India Gazette
Young Indian archery squad shine with nine medals at Asia Cup Singapore leg
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): A young Indian archery contingent delivered an impressive performance at the second leg of the Archery Asia Cup 2025 in Singapore, clinching a total of nine medals, two gold, six silver, and one bronze, as per The second stage concluded on Friday at the Bukit Gombak Stadium, with India continuing their strong run from the Bangkok leg earlier this year, where they topped the medal tally with eight podium finishes, including five golds. Kushal Dalal was once again the standout performer. After bagging both individual and team titles in Bangkok, he maintained his fine form by securing the gold medal in the men's individual compound event, defeating Australia's Joshua Mahon 149-143 in the final. In the same category, India added a bronze through Sachin Chechi, who edged past Bangladesh's Himu Bachhar 148-146. The women's compound final turned into an all-Indian battle, with Tejal Salve narrowly beating Shanmukhi Naga Sai Budde 146-144 to take the gold. Budde, however, added another medal to her tally later, teaming up with Dalal in the compound mixed team final. The pair fought hard but fell just short, losing 155-153 to Kazakhstan's Adel Zhexenbinova and Andrey Tyutyun, settling for silver. Indian archers reached five out of six team finals and featured in two of the four individual gold medal matches, highlighting the depth and consistency of the young squad. In the compound women's team event, the trio of Budde, Salve, and Tanishka Nilkumar Thokal narrowly missed gold, losing to Malaysia in a dramatic shootoff after a 232-232 tie. The final was decided 29-26 in Malaysia's favour. The men's compound team of Dalal, Ganesh Thirumuru, and Mihir Nitin Apar also earned silver after a close 231-235 defeat to Kazakhstan. In recurve, India ended runners-up in the mixed team event. Vishnu Choudhary and Vaishnavi Babarao Pawar went down 6-0 to Indonesia's Arif Pangestu and Ayu Mareta Dyasari in the final. The men's recurve team, Choudhary, Paras Hooda, and Juyel Sarkar impressed in the early rounds but couldn't overcome Japan in the title clash, also losing 6-0. Notably, the Indian contingent in Singapore consisted entirely of Under-21 archers, with senior stars like Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Deepika Kumari giving the event a miss. Among the many highlights, the Indian women's compound team set a new U-21 world record in the qualification round, amassing 2101 points. Salve, Budde, and Thokal broke their own previous record of 2076 set in 2023. Over 200 archers from 21 nations took part in the second Archery Asia Cup 2025, showcasing some of the best emerging talent in the continent. (ANI)
India Gazette
5 hours ago
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- India Gazette
Archery Asia Cup Stage 2: Mamata Banerjee hails Indian archer Juyel Sarkar for clinching Silver medal
New Delhi [India] June 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed Indian archer Juyel Sarkar, who won a Silver Medal in the Recurve Men's Team event at the Archery Asia Cup Stage 2, 2025, held at Singapore on Friday. Mamata Banerjee posted on her X handle, 'Proud to share that Juyel Sarkar, an archer from our government 's Bengal Archery Academy, Jhargram, has won today the Silver Medal in the Recurve Men's Team event at the Archery Asia Cup Stage 2, 2025, held at Singapore. Congratulations to Juyel, congratulations to his family and trainers, too. The Malda boy was the sole archer who won a Gold Medal from West Bengal at the last National Games held at Uttarakhand in February 2025 in the same Recurve event.' A youthful Indian archery contingent delivered an impressive performance at the second leg of the Archery Asia Cup 2025 in Singapore, clinching a total of nine medals, two gold, six silver, and one bronze, as per The second stage concluded on Friday at the Bukit Gombak Stadium, with India continuing their strong run from the Bangkok leg earlier this year, where they topped the medal tally with eight podium finishes, including five golds. Kushal Dalal was once again the standout performer. After bagging both individual and team titles in Bangkok, he maintained his fine form by securing the gold medal in the men's individual compound event, defeating Australia's Joshua Mahon 149-143 in the final. In the same category, India added a bronze through Sachin Chechi, who edged past Bangladesh's Himu Bachhar 148-146. The women's compound final turned into an all-Indian battle, with Tejal Salve narrowly beating Shanmukhi Naga Sai Budde 146-144 to take the gold. Budde, however, added another medal to her tally later, teaming up with Dalal in the compound mixed team final. The pair fought hard but fell just short, losing 155-153 to Kazakhstan's Adel Zhexenbinova and Andrey Tyutyun, settling for silver. Indian archers reached five out of six team finals and featured in two of the four individual gold medal matches, highlighting the depth and consistency of the young squad. In the compound women's team event, the trio of Budde, Salve, and Tanishka Nilkumar Thokal narrowly missed gold, losing to Malaysia in a dramatic shootoff after a 232-232 tie. The final was decided 29-26 in Malaysia's favour. The men's compound team of Dalal, Ganesh Thirumuru, and Mihir Nitin Apar also earned silver after a close 231-235 defeat to Kazakhstan. In recurve, India ended as runners-up in the mixed team event. Vishnu Choudhary and Vaishnavi Babarao Pawar went down 6-0 to Indonesia's Arif Pangestu and Ayu Mareta Dyasari in the final. The men's recurve team, Choudhary, Paras Hooda, and Juyel Sarkar, impressed in the early rounds but couldn't overcome Japan in the title clash, also losing 6-0. Notably, the Indian contingent in Singapore consisted entirely of Under-21 archers, with senior stars like Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Deepika Kumari giving the event a miss. Among the many highlights, the Indian women's compound team set a new U-21 world record in the qualification round, amassing 2101 points. Salve, Budde, and Thokal broke their own previous record of 2076 set in 2023. Over 200 archers from 21 nations took part in the second Archery Asia Cup 2025, showcasing some of the best emerging talent in the continent. (ANI)
Malaysia Sun
2 days ago
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- Malaysia Sun
India's Velavan Senthilkumar storms into quarter-finals of Asian Squash Championships
Kuching [Malaysia], June 18 (ANI): India's Velavan Senthilkumar marched into the quarter-finals of the Asian Squash Championships 2025 after registering a comfortable victory at the Sarawak Squash Centre in Kuching, Malaysia, on Wednesday. Up against Tomotaka Endo, Velavan Senthilkumar, 45th in the men's singles rankings, made light work of his Japanese squash player, beating him 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-4) in the round of 16 of the men's division, as per Velavan Senthilkumar, who is now the only Indian left in the tournament, had beaten the People's Republic of China's Li Haizhen 3-0 (11-1, 11-6, 11-1) in the previous round on Tuesday. However, world No. 153 Suraj Chand, who beat Athbi Hamad of the United Arab Emirates 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-7) in the previous round, crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals. Facing world No. 86 Ameeshenraj Chandaran of Malaysia, Suraj Chand put on a fight and won the opening game before losing the match 3-1 (5-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-3). The opening day of the Asian Squash Championships saw five Indian players across the men's and women's divisions crash out. After receiving a bye, Pooja Arthi Raghu lost 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-2) against Singapore's Au Yeong Wai Yhann in the second round. Her compatriots Akanksha Salunkhe and Shameena Riaz also exited in the second round after receiving first-round byes. World No. 69 Akanksha Salunkhe suffered an upset loss against Malaysia's Whitney Isabelle Wilson, 222nd in the women's singles squash rankings. Despite starting positively and winning the first game, Akanksha Salunkhe went down 3-2 (5-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-3, 11-8) against the Malaysian. Shameena Riaz, 181st in the women's singles rankings, put up a fight but couldn't avoid a 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9) defeat against world No. 105 Akari Midorikawa of Japan. Diwarkar Singh and Rahul Baitha were also ousted in the round of 32 stage of the men's division. World No. 308 Diwarkar Singh was beaten 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-3) by second seed Lau Tsz Kwan of Hong Kong China. Rahul Baitha, 253rd in the squash rankings, also lost 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-5) to world No. 129 Wong Chi Him of Hong Kong China. India's Anahat Singh is not playing in the singles championship but will be part of the Asian Doubles Squash Championships, which starts next week. (ANI)
India Gazette
2 days ago
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- India Gazette
Kisik Lee replaces Baek Woong Ki as India's new recurve archery head coach
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Republic of Korea's Kisik Lee is set to be the new head coach of India's national recurve archery team as part of the team's preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The South Korean will be replacing his compatriot Baek Woong Ki, who stepped down from the role of India's recurve archery coach after being denied accreditation for the Paris Olympics 2024, as per The 67-year-old Kisik Lee is expected to assume his role as the new head coach of the Indian recurve archery team in August or September. He will work across senior and junior recurve setups, with an eye on ending India's search for an Olympic medal in archery at LA 2028. Despite being a regular fixture in archery competitions at the Olympics, Indian archers are yet to get a feel of the podium at the Summer Games. Kisik Lee is expected to operate between New Delhi and the regional training centre in Sonepat. The final contract, however, is yet to be signed. 'My job is to train the athletes and the coaches - and the archers show good results in the process,' Kisik Lee, who was named Coach of the Year by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee in 2019, told World Archery as quoted by 'All his demands have been accepted. He will have full freedom to execute his plans,' said Archery Association of India (AAI) treasurer Joris Paulose Ummacheril. Kisik Lee boasts a rich coaching resume with experience of mentoring top archers for over three decades. After starting his international coaching career with the South Korean team, he guided Australian archers to two Olympic medals - Simon Fairweather's gold at Sydney 2000 and Tim Cuddihy's bronze at Athens 2004. The Korean also enjoyed substantial success as the head coach of the USA recurve archery team between 2006 and 2024. During his tenure, the American archers won over 300 World Cup medals - almost half of them gold - three Olympic medals and multiple world titles across disciplines. Lee notably shaped five-time Olympic medallist and 2019 recurve world champion Brady Ellison's rise into one of the sport's most accomplished archers. (ANI)
GMA Network
3 days ago
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- GMA Network
Olympic gold in LA is Djokovic's new obsession
Novak Djokovic says that defending his Olympic title at LA 2028 - when he would be 41 years old - has become his primary motivation to continue competing, marking a significant shift in priorities for the 24-times Grand Slam champion. "The only thing that at this moment, professionally speaking, I have in my vision is the Olympics of 2028 in Los Angeles," Djokovic told former Croatia football international and manager Slaven Bilic in an interview published on "And playing for the national team and Grand Slams... but not even the Grand Slams, not as much as the Olympics." The 38-year-old Serbian's Paris 2024 victory over Carlos Alcaraz in the final completed his collection of every major accolade in tennis, including all four Grand Slam titles, the Davis Cup, ATP Finals and every Masters event -- a career "Golden Slam" that had eluded him until that point. If successful in Los Angeles, Djokovic -- currently ranked fifth in the world -- would join Britain's Andy Murray as the only players to defend an Olympic singles title. —Reuters
