Antalya (Turkey), Indian archers will be keen to excel and clinch the men's and women's team quotas in the four-day final Olympic qualifiers starting here on Friday.
India has so far booked a men's individual berth through Dheeraj Bommadevara.
The men's team will have Bommadevara, Praveen Jadhav and veteran Tarundeep Rai, who is aiming for a fourth Olympics, having made his debut in Athens 2004.
In the women's category, all eyes will be on former world No. 1 Deepika Kumari, who had a two-week training session under renowned South Korean coach Kim Heung-tak ahead of the event.
Making a comeback after becoming a mother in December 2022, Deepika won a silver medal at the World Cup in Shanghai in April this year.Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat will join her in the women's team.
The last qualifier will give archers another chance to upgrade to team quotas in the men's and women's events so that six archers can compete for the elusive Olympic medal at the Paris Games in less than two months.
The Olympic-going team includes three archers.
The women's event offers a maximum quota of four nations, which would mean semi-finalists from 39 nations would make the cut.
France, Germany, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United States have qualified in the women's team event.The men's event will see intense competition among 46 teams for only three available quotas for the top three finishers.
Colombia, France, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea and host Turkey have qualified for the men's team event.
The women's team final will be held on Friday, while the men's team final will be held on Saturday.
Over 300 recurve archers from over 80 countries will take to the shooting line.
If a nation that has already won an individual quota and then upgrades to the team quota will be given back the individual quota place, and Saturday (women) and Sunday (men) will be made available for individual qualification.Only nations that have not yet won a quota place in the respective gender will compete here, and each nation can win a maximum of one place.
The top two ranked countries that have not qualified will also be offered team quotas as per the new rule.
Indian squad
Men: Dheeraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Praveen Jadhav.
Women: Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakta.
India has so far booked a men's individual berth through Dheeraj Bommadevara.
The men's team will have Bommadevara, Praveen Jadhav and veteran Tarundeep Rai, who is aiming for a fourth Olympics, having made his debut in Athens 2004.
In the women's category, all eyes will be on former world No. 1 Deepika Kumari, who had a two-week training session under renowned South Korean coach Kim Heung-tak ahead of the event.
Making a comeback after becoming a mother in December 2022, Deepika won a silver medal at the World Cup in Shanghai in April this year.Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat will join her in the women's team.
The last qualifier will give archers another chance to upgrade to team quotas in the men's and women's events so that six archers can compete for the elusive Olympic medal at the Paris Games in less than two months.
The Olympic-going team includes three archers.
The women's event offers a maximum quota of four nations, which would mean semi-finalists from 39 nations would make the cut.
France, Germany, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United States have qualified in the women's team event.The men's event will see intense competition among 46 teams for only three available quotas for the top three finishers.
Colombia, France, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea and host Turkey have qualified for the men's team event.
The women's team final will be held on Friday, while the men's team final will be held on Saturday.
Over 300 recurve archers from over 80 countries will take to the shooting line.
If a nation that has already won an individual quota and then upgrades to the team quota will be given back the individual quota place, and Saturday (women) and Sunday (men) will be made available for individual qualification.Only nations that have not yet won a quota place in the respective gender will compete here, and each nation can win a maximum of one place.
The top two ranked countries that have not qualified will also be offered team quotas as per the new rule.
Indian squad
Men: Dheeraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Praveen Jadhav.
Women: Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakta.