'These kids are so lucky:' Alberta Indigenous Games provide youth safe place to play and learn
Nearly three decades ago, Lacey Macmillan hoped to compete at the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) as the goalkeeper for Team Alberta.
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Battle-rope exercise, Endurance Training And More: How Sergio Pagni Produced World Champion Indian Archers
Rigorous battle-rope exercises to build upper body muscles, endurance training and stress management were India's recipes for securing historic three gold medals in the recent World Championships, compound archery chief coach Sergio Pagni said on Wednesday. Pagni, a two-time World Cup Final winner Italian, was hired as chief compound archery coach in December last year. He had earlier conducted a programme for the Indian archers in the build-up to the 2018 Asian Games.
Battle-rope exercise, Endurance Training And More: How Sergio Pagni Produced World Champion Indian Archers
Rigorous battle-rope exercises to build upper body muscles, endurance training and stress management were India's recipes for securing historic three gold medals in the recent World Championships, compound archery chief coach Sergio Pagni said on Wednesday. Pagni, a two-time World Cup Final winner Italian, was hired as chief compound archery coach in December last year. He had earlier conducted a programme for the Indian archers in the build-up to the 2018 Asian Games.
Canada's Eric Peters wins silver in men's recurve event at archery worlds in Berlin
The competition in the men's recurve event was stiff at the 2023 world archery championships in Berlin on Sunday, but Canadian Eric Peters held strong against the world's best to secure the best individual result of his international career with a silver-medal finish.
Compound Archer Aditi Swami Becomes Senior World Champion At 17
Less than two months after she won the junior world title, 17-year-old Aditi Swami on Saturday became the senior world champion when she defeated Andrea Becerra of Mexico in the compound women's final of the World Archery Championships in Berlin on Saturday. The Satara teenager, who had won the Under-18 title in Youth Championships in Limerick in July, shot a near perfect score of 149 out of a possible 150 points to prevail over the Mexican giant-killer by two points.
World Archery Championships: Indian Women's Compound Team Wins Gold
The Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Gopichand Swami bagged the gold medal at the World Archery Championships 2023 in Berlin on Friday. It was India's first-ever gold at the archery world championships in any category. In the gold medal final, the Indian three defeated the Mexican combination of Dafne Quintero, Ana Sofa Hernandez Jeon, and Andrea Becerra 235-229. The Indian three, placed second in the qualification round, defeated defending champions Colombia 220-216 in the semi-finals to go to the title match.
"Despite Winning World Cups...": Indian Blind Cricket Team Captain Opens Up On Funding Struggles
The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games 2023, are due to take place between August 18 till 27 in Birmingham. Ajay Kumar Reddy, captain of the Indian Blind Cricket Team said, despite winning so many world cups,"we are struggling with funding." The sports taking place during the event are Archery, Chess, Cricket, Blind Football, Partially Sighted Football, Women's Football, Goalball (Male/Female), Judo, Powerlifting, Showdown, Ten Pin Bowling, and Tennis.
Indian recurve Archers Fail To Secure Paris 2024 Olympics Quotas
In a grim reality check ahead of the Olympics next year, Indian recurve archers ended their campaign from the World Championship without a medal here on Thursday. Having crashed out of the team events, the archers bowed out in the individual sections as well. India's biggest hope Dhiraj Bommadevara, who qualified as second seed from the qualification round, and Simranjeet Kaur, were the best finishers for the country, losing in the pre-quarterfinals. With this, India's hopes for securing Paris Olympics team and individual quota places from this event have evaporated. This is the first Olympic qualifier giving berths to the top-three finishers in individual and team categories.