India has managed to secure archery quotas for both men's and women's teams for the 2024 Paris Olympics based on the updated world rankings on Monday. India has topped the ranking among the non-qualified nations in both men's and women's sections to seal their team quotas.
With this, India becomes eligible to compete in all the five medal events in Paris for both, men's and women's teams, including individual and mixed categories.
In the men's section, India and China cut, while in the women's section, Indonesia was the second nation to secure the team Olympic quota.
The team events will have 12 sides in each section, while five teams will compete in the mixed competitions. For the first time, team quotas are offered to the top two nations after the three-leg Olympic qualifiers. The first Olympic Qualifier was held during the World Archery Championships in Berlin last year from where South Korea, Turkey, and Japan qualified in the men's category; while Germany and Mexico secured their spots in the women's division.
The second leg was a continental qualifier.
Kazakhstan and South Korea took the men's and women's team quotas respectively from the Asian leg, while Colombia and the United States cut Pan-America.
From the European leg, Italy (men) and the Netherlands (women) secured quotas.
The final Olympic Qualifier was held in Antalya last week.
Mexico, Chinese Taipei, and Great Britain in the men's section; China, Malaysia, Great Britain, and Chinese Taipei from the women's section secured quotas from the Final Qualifier.
Tarun, Deepika hit a four:
Forty-year-old Army veteran Tarundeep Rai, who made his Olympic debut at Athens 2004, will make his fourth Games appearance.
The same is for former world No. 1 Deepika Kumari who will compete in her fourth Olympics on the trot, having made her maiden Games appearance in London 2012.
Dhiraj Bommadevara, Ankita Bhakat, and Bhajan Kaur will make their Olympic debuts, while for Pravin Jadhav it will be his second successive Games after Tokyo.
India squad: Men: Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and Pravin Jadhav.
Women: Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat.
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