Archery

Olympian archer honoured in Nagaland

Chekrovolu Swuro, the archer from Nagaland who took part in the London Olympics, has been honoured with the first T. Ao State Sports Award

Mexico has best Olympics in over 40 years

The Mexican contingent for London Olympics ensured the country`s best performance at the Summer Games in over 40 years, winning seven medals, including one gold, three silver and as many bronze.

India at London Olympics 2012: A glance at the performance of athletes

A look at the Indian athletes performance at the 2012 London Olympics.

Archers insulted Limba during London Olympics: Source

India`s archery coach Limba Ram on Saturday made a quiet exit from the national team after being allegedly insulted by his top wards Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar.

Deepika Kumari still wondering what hit her in London

Teenage archer Deepika Kumari, still struggling to come to terms with her first round loss at the London Olympics, says she cracked under pressure of competing at such a big stage and before she could realize what was happening the journey ended.

London 2012: Archery Association of India- Supremo Mukherjee may resign after team`s dismal show

The Archery Association of India (AAI) secretary general Paresh Nath Mukherjee is planning to resign from his position taking moral responsibility of disastrous performance of Deepika Kumari and Co.

London Olympics 2012: We have no excuses to offer: Limba Ram

Struggling to explain the much-hyped archers` flop-show at the Olympic Games, coaches Limba Ram and Ravi Shankar on Sunday said they have no excuses to offer for the below-par performance here.

London Olympics archery: South Korea`s Oh shoots gold

Oh Jin Hyek won an Olympics gold for South Korea in the men`s individual archery Friday, with a dominant victory over his Japanese opponent Takaharu Furukawa in the final.

Women win Mexico`s first-ever medals in Olympic archery

Olympics 2012,London: Mexico ended its medal drought in Olympic archery here Thursday with a double triumph for Aida Roman and Mariana Avitia, who came away with the silver and bronze respectively.

London Olympics 2012 archery: Deepika Kumari crashes out

Deepika Kumari of India crashed out of individual event after losing to Britain`s Amy Oliver 2-6 at the London Olympics 2012.

All archers save Deepika out of individual recurve events

Indian challenge in the individual archery recurve section is almost over with all archers save Deepika Kumari have crashed out of their respective events.

Olympic archery: Banerjee shoots a rare win for India

Rahul Banerjee secured a rare win for India in the Olympic archery individual event after his teammates Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro were eliminated from the competition here Tuesday.

London Olympics Archery: Tarundeep Rai wins in a shoot-off

Indian archer Tarundeep Rai won his round of 32 match against Cuban Juan Carlos Stevens 9-8 to enter the round of 16. After losing the first and the third set, Tarun made a remarkable come back to win the fourth and fifth to force the game into a tie breaker.

Olympic 2012 Archery: Jayanta Talukdar, Chekrovolu Swuro miss mark

Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro lost to their respective American opponents in contrasting fashion to exit the archery individual event at the London Olympics here Tuesday.

London Olympics Archery: Chekrovolu Swuro loses in Rd of 32

Indian Archer Chekrovolu Swuro lost to Jennifer Nichols of USA in the Round of 32 in the women’s individual Archery.

London Olympics archery: Jayanta Talukdar is another Indian casualty

Indian archer Jayanta Talukdar got a 0-6 hammering from America`s Jacob Wukie in the opening men`s individual elimination round at the London Olympics here Tuesday.