INDIA'S YOUNG ARCHERS BATTLE ADVERSITY TO HIT THE TARGET
05-08-2023
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Current Affairs for 05th August, 2023
INDIA'S YOUNG ARCHERS BATTLE ADVERSITY TO HIT THE TARGET
World Youth Championships, featuring under-18 and under-21 competitions were held in Limerick, Ireland. Indian archers collected the highest number of medals (11), including 3 golds.
Parth Salunkhe beat Korea to win the under-21 recurve men's individual title. Bhajan Kaur won a bronze in under-21 women's individual.
India is comparatively stronger in compound archery with gold in the under-21 men, under-18 women, under-21 women's team, under-18 women's team, under-21 mixed team categories.
• World Archery is the international federation for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of archery. The organization was founded in 1931 and is responsible for regulating and promoting archery around the world.