Deepika Kumari (PTI Photo)
Former world primary Deepika Kumari topped the choice trials for the upcoming World Cups and Paris Olympics.
Former world primary Deepika Kumari, who missed your entire season final 12 months after changing into a mom in December 2022, topped the choice trials for the upcoming World Cups and Paris Olympics right here on Sunday.
The three-time Olympian, who marked her return by successful two gold medals on the Baghdad Asia Cup in February, lower together with Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari within the 4-member squad.
Former youth world champion Bari got here in on the expense of Simranjeet Kaur.
Making a comeback after 20 months, the 29-12 months-previous rallied to defeat Simranjeet in a 4-setter to clinch gold on the Baghdad leg of the Asia Cup.
India are but to safe a quota within the ladies’s part for the Paris Olympics and the third stage of the World Cup in Antalya from June 18-23 would be the ultimate qualifying occasion earlier than the Games in July-August.
Dhiraj Bommadevara, who has secured the one Paris Olympic quota for India to this point, topped the lads’s recurve part.
Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav and Mrinal Chauhan are the opposite members of the lads’s recurve squad.
Chauhan is the one change to the Asia Cup Leg 1 squad, coming instead of Parth Salunkhe.
“This squad is provisional (for the Olympics), and we may make one or two alterations based on their performance in the first two stages of the World Cup,” nationwide excessive efficiency director Sanjeeva Singh advised PTI.
As a matter of reality, a staff consists of three members for the Olympics and it stays to be seen if India can qualify as a staff for Paris Games.
The season-opening first stage of the World Cup is slated in Shanghai from April 21-28. Yecheon in South Korea will host the second stage of the World Cup from May 21-26.
Squad:
Recurve Men: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, Pravin Jadhav and Mrinal Chauhan.
Recurve Women: Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari.
Compound Men: Prathamesh Fuge, Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Priyansh.
Compound Women: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur and Avneet Kaur.
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