Asia Cup Archery 2023: Olympian Jayanta Talukdar and World Champion Abhishek Verma will lead the 16-members Indian contingent send to Tashkent, Uzbekistan for the Asia Cup 2023 archery leg/stage 2. The World Ranking Tournament will be held from May 1 to 5. Follow Archery Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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In the 2023 Asia Cup archery’s first stage, which was held in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei, last month, Indian archers came in first place with 10 medals–five gold, four silver, and one bronze.
The contingent for second stage of Asia Cup Archery 2023
The second stage of the Asia Cup Archery 2023 will be held in Tashkent, with competitors from 13 different nations.
Among the 16 Indians, four men and four women will fray in the recurve category, and the remaining eight members–four men and four women will compete in the compound archery events, as per Olympics.com. In the selection trials held in February, this second-string team was selected. Meanwhile, the first team participated in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Antalya, Turkey. This contingent included Olympians Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai.
Squads for the Asia Cup 2023
The Compound Men team includes Amit, Harsh Dattatray Borate, Kushal Dalal, and Abhishek Verma. While in the women’s team Pragati, Parneet Kaur, Raginee Markoo and Chikitha Taniparthi will take part in the fray.
On the other; Mrinal Chauhan, Tushar Prabhakar Shelke, Indra Chand Swami and Jayanta Talukdar will compete in recurve Men category. Sangeeta, Prachi Singh, Madhu Vedwan and Tanisha Verma will participate in recurve women category. (ANI)