World Archery Championships 2021, live streaming: Watch new-look Indian team in action
Tokyo Olympians Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das did not make the team. India will compete in both the recurve and compound events. Watch live!
India will resume their hunt for a first world champion in archery at the World Archery Championships 2021 in Yankton, South Dakota, USA.
The week-long event, which starts on Tuesday, will see competitions in both compound and recurve categories across men, women, mixed and the team divisions.
India’s best outing at the biennial event came at the 2019 edition in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, where they finished sixth in the overall standings with a silver and two bronze medals.
The Archery Association of India (AAI) has named a young team for the Yankton meet. At the national trials held on the heels of the Summer Games, seasoned archers -- including those who took part in the Tokyo Olympics -- failed to make the cut in the Indian team.
The former Asian Games medallist Abhishek Verma and the bronze medallist from the last edition, Jyothi Vennam, are the experienced names among the compound archers. Youngsters Komalika Bari, Aditya Choudhary and Parth Salunkhe will lead India in the recurve.
The recurve trio heads into the World Championships on the back of a successful outing at the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships in Poland last month. India finished on top of the medals table at the Wrocław meet with eight gold, two silver and five bronze medals.
Komalika Bari was the champion in the junior individual recurve event while Aditya Choudhary and Parth Salunkhe combined well with Dhiraj Bommadevara to hand India the title in the junior men’s team event.
Indian squad for the World Archery Championships 2021
Compound men: Sangampreet Bisla, Abhishek Verma, Rishab Yadav
Compound women: Priya Gurjar, Muskan Kirar, Jyothi Vennam
Recurve men: Aditya Choudhary, Parth Salunkhe, Atul Verma
Recurve women: Ankita Bhakat, Komalika Bari, Ridhi Phor
World Archery Championships 2021 schedule
Tuesday, September 21
Qualification round - Compound and recurve
Wednesday, September 22
Team, mixed team eliminations - Compound and recurve
Thursday, September 23
Team, mixed team eliminations - Compound and recurve
Friday, September 24
Individual and team finals - Compound and recurve
Saturday, September 25
Compound medal matches - Mixed team, men and women
Sunday, September 26
Recurve medal matches - Mixed team, men and women
Where to watch the World Archery Championships 2021 live in India?
Live streaming of the World Archery Championships 2021 will be on World Archery’s official YouTube channel.
There will be no TV telecast of the World Archery Championships 2021 in India.