India will host the Asian Para Archery Championships from May 31 to June 6 after Kazakhstan expressed its inability to stage the event, citing organizational problems due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The championships will be held at the Yamuna Sports Complex in Delhi.
Confirming the development, Indian Archery Association Secretary General Pramod Chadurkar told PTI: “The tournament will now be held at Yamuna Sports Complex, New Delhi.
“Kazakhstan expressed their inability to host the tournament due to the current crisis and we quickly sent proposals,” said Chandurkar, who is also a member of the World Archery Asia executive committee, on Wednesday.
Kazakhstan, which shares borders with Russia, informed World Archery Asia of its decision two weeks ago.
“It will be held in the same window, so the respective countries will only have to change their travel plans,” Chadurkar said.
“There is less time but we are ready to support them. There will be organizational challenges, but with our technical resources, we will get there. »
The new national federation led by Arjun Munda will also participate in three other international tournaments before the end of February next year.
“The IAA is planning an international invitational event in Madhya Pradesh, another by Tata later this year, while the Asian Junior Cup is scheduled for February next year. But all these events are in the planning stage, nothing is confirmed yet,” an official said.
The last major international archery event was the 2010 CWG, and the country also hosted the Commonwealth Championships in the same year.
India had hosted three Asian Archery Championships – the last being in New Delhi in 2005. Kolkata hosted the event in 1980 and 1988.
In the last edition of the Asian Para Archery Championships in Bangkok in 2019, Indian para archers competed under the banner of “World Archery” as the national body was then de-recognized. They won a gold, a silver and a bronze.
Vivek Chikara (recurve men’s open) took gold, while Shyam Sundar Swami and Jyoti Baliyan (compound mixed team) won silver.
India had won a bronze medal thanks to the classic men’s open team of Rajesh, Harvinder Singh and Chikara.
Indian para archers have been doing well in international events lately.
At the Paralympic Games in Tokyo last year, Harvinder Singh won a historic bronze medal.
Indian para archers also won their first ever medals at the Para World Championships when Pooja Jatyan and Shyam Sundar Swami returned with a silver medal each.
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