"Good Technical Training Helping Indian Archers In Quest For Olympic Medal": Kim Hyung Tak

World famous archery coach Kim Hyung Tak feels consistency in training and preparation will help India secure their first-ever Olympic medal in archery at Paris 2024. The Korean, with more than 40 years of coaching experience at various levels, conducted a coaches' seminar at the Sports Authority of India's National Centre of Excellence in Sonepat, Haryana. More than 30 coaches attended.

"The Indian recurve team is undergoing very strong technical training. There is also good communication happening all the time between the archers and the coaches. This will definitely help get good results in the Olympics. By keeping this consistency in training and preparation, I think it is very much possible to get a medal in Paris," Kim told SAI Media in an exclusive chat.

So far, only Dhiraj Bommadevara has won a Paris 2024 quota place for India in archery. The Indian recurve archers are currently striving for a team quota in the final qualification tournament this June 14 to 17 in Antalya, Turkey. The mood in the Indian camp is upbeat after Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav shocked reigning Olympic champions South Korea to clinch a historic World Cup gold after 14 years in Shanghai on April 28.

"The average level of the team has got a notch higher because of the talented men's and women's recurve team here. The frequent coaching camps by Sports Authority of India and Archery Association of India too are contributing to the cause and constant collaboration is only helping the team get that elusive medal at the Olympics," said Kim Hyung Tak, who in 1984 led the Korean women's recurve team to its first Olympic gold at the Los Angeles Games.

Kim, the research director of the Korean Archery Association and Taiwan's former