India concluded their campaign with a solitary bronze medal in the men’s compound team event of the Archery World Cup Stage 4. The Indian trio of Sarvesh Pareek, Sandeep Kumar and Isaiah Rajender Sanam, who were seeded sixth, beat a higher ranked Venezuela 231-222 in a one-sided bronze medal play-off.
The Archery Association of India had sent a second-string side for the last stage of the World Cup as the main team has left for Rio this week for a week-long test event for Olympics at Sambodromo. The Indian men’s double trap team comprising Mohd. Asab, Ankur Mittal and Sangram Dahiya won a bronze medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Lonato, Italy.
The third place finish gave India its first medal of the championship. The trio shot a combined score of 400 to pip hosts Italy, who finished fourth with a total of 398. The Great Britain won the gold with a score of 414 while Russia claimed the silver, finishing on dd406.
Archery Association of India
- Archery Association of India (AAI) (Hindi: भारतीय तीरंदाजी संघ) is the national governing body of archery in India.
- Its headquarters are located in New Delhi, and its current president is Vijay Kumar Malhotra.
- AAI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated by International Archery Federation (IAF), Asian Archery Federation(AAF) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and recoginsed by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India.
- AAI came into existence on 8 August 1973 after archery was reintroduced to the Olympic Games in 1972. It is responsible to organise, promote and control the sport of archery in India.
Expected Questions
Archery Association of India is the national governing body of archery with Headquater in which state?
-New Delhi
Who is the current president of Archery Association of India?
-Vijay Kumar Malhotra.
