In an enormous increase to Indian archery forward of the 2024 Paris Games, the nationwide federation has employed Olympic gold medal-winning coach Baek Woong Ki to work with the recurve crew.
The South Korean, who oversaw his nation’s double gold medal-winning present in girls’s particular person and crew sections at London Olympics, will start his India stint with the season-opening World Cup Stage 1, slated in Antalya, Turkey from Tuesday.
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This is the primary time after the 2014 Asian Games that India have employed a international coach.
In truth, the Archery Association of India (AAI) even have roped in two-time Italian World Cup winner Sergio Pagni, who’s accompanying the compound crew to the Turkey World Cup.
Woong Ki was initially a part of the Centre of Excellence in SAI, Sonipat and now he has been given a contract until the Olympics.
“He has been made India recurve coach and shall be until Asian Games after which the Olympics,” Indian archery high performance director and Dronacharya Awardee Sanjeeva Singh told PTI.
The 44-year-old former world champion, Pagni, on the other had been associated with the compound team since 2018, when he had conducted a training programme ahead of the Asian Games.
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“His familiarity and experience with Indian archers made him an automatic choice,” he added.
The upcoming World Cup would be the first large check for the duo as India are fielding a new-look squad comprising principally juniors.
Barring the trio of 2010 Asian Games silver medallist Tarundeep Rai, two-time Olympian Atanu Das, and World Championships silver medallist compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam, the Indian squad have fairly just a few new names.
All eyes could be on the high-profile Korean to convey out one of the best from the Indian crew which can miss large names akin to Deepika Kumari, Riddhi Phor and Komalika Bari, who’ve didn’t make the reduce.
“I’ve met Woong Ki through the trials in Kolkata, he was a part of the CoE and seemed filled with power and optimistic vibes. I’m trying ahead to present,” Deepika stated.
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While the recurve men team will be the most fancied banking on the experience of Rai and Das, all eyes would be on the women’s side where Aditi Jaiswal will play her second World Cup.
The biggest name to miss out in the compound section is top-ranked Indian Abhishek Verma (world No. 13), a five-time World Cup gold medal winner and a former World Championship silver medallist.
The compound section will have two debutants each in the men’s and women’s sections — Rishabh Yadav, Ojas Deotale, Aditi Swamy and Sakshi Choudhary.
“The juniors are upcoming and doing well. They have come through a rigorous two-phase trial in Kolkata and Sonipat. We expect them to come out strongly,” Singh stated.
“We wish to see how they overcome nervousness pangs. A very good begin (within the qualification) will set them up,” Singh added.
Teams
Recurve Men: B Dhiraj, Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai, Neeraj Chauhan;
Recurve Women: Bhajan Kaur, Aditi Jaiswal, Ankita Bhakat, Simranjit Kaur;
Compound Men: Prathmesh Jawhar, Rajat Chauhan, Ojas Deotale, Rishab Yadav;
Compound Women: Avneet Kaur, V Jyothi Surekha, Aditi Swamy, Sakshi Choudhary.
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