Atanu Das throughout the Men’s recurve workforce finals throughout the Hyundai Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 1 on April 23, 2023 in Antalya, Turkey.
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Olympian and World Championship silver medallist archer Atanu Das has been reinducted in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) following his spectacular performances on the home circuit and the Archery World Cup in Antalya this 12 months.
Atanu, who had scored 673 factors to say the fourth spot in the boys’s recurve particular person rankings, was making a return to worldwide out of doors competitors after almost one-and-a-half years.
Other huge names to be included in TOPS is rifle shooter Mehuli Ghosh, who received the 10m air rifle occasion on the National Shooting Trials this 12 months and 15-year-old Tilottama Sen.
Sen had earlier received bronze in 10m air rifle occasion at Cairo World Cup this 12 months, that too in her debut outing in the senior circuit. She also has Junior World Championships bronze and workforce gold beneath her belt which she received in 2022.
A complete of 27 new names have been inducted in the TOPS Core and Development lists which now takes the full variety of TOPS athletes to 270 (101 in Core, 169 in Development).
Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia and Asian Games gold winner Vinesh Phogat, who’ve been protesting at Jantar Mantar, demanding arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegation of sexually harassing, remained in the core record of the scheme.
