Jamshedpur, Dec 8: Ankita Bhakat, athlete from Tata Archery Academy, won the bronze medal in the Recurve Women category in the World Archery Indoor World Series held in Chinese Taipei from 6th – 8th December 2024. She defeated Lee Yunji from South Korea by a set score of 6-2 to secure the third position. Ankita has been performing exceptionally well at the international stage recently.
A total of 14 athletes from Tata Archery Academy participated in the event. Other athletes from the Tata Archery Academy also performed well in the competition. 8 out of 14 athletes cleared the qualification round where every athlete had to shoot 60 arrows from 18 m.
Bhakat took up archery at the age of 10 and started training at the Calcutta Archery Club.
Ankita Bhakat took up archery at the age of 10, joined the Tata Archery Academy, Jamshedpur in 2014 and honed her skills under Ram Awadesh, Purnima Mahato and Dharmendra Tiwari.
Meanwhile, Indian compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam continued her brilliant run of form on the indoor circuit as she won her second successive Indoor Word Series Title on Sunday at the Taipei Archery Open. She clinched the gold medal in the women’s compound individual category in a low-scoring (144-140) final against the home favorite Chen Yu Ju. This was her second title in two months after she clinched the GT Open in November.
Performance of athletes of Tata Archery Academy:
| World Archery Indoor World Series | |||||
| Name | Category | Score | Rank | Arrow Average | Final Performance |
| Ankita Bhakat | RW | 591 | 4 | 9.85 | Bronze Medal |
| Goldie Mishra | RM | 580 | 27 | 9.67 | 1/8 Round |
| Himanshi | U 21 | 559 | 10 | 9.32 | 1/4 Round |
| Komalika Bari | RW | 570 | 22 | 9.5 | 1/32 Round |
| Krishna | U 21 | 552 | 13 | 9.2 | 1/4 Round |
| Madhvi Chauhan | RW | 563 | 30 | 9.38 | 1/32 Round |
| Sharanya Shailesh Ambre | U 21 | 558 | 11 | 9.3 | 1/8 Round |
| Jayant Talukdar | RM | 584 | 20 | 9.73 | 1/32 Round |
| Saanhji Singhania | U 15 | 571 | 8 | 9.52 | 1/4 Round |
| Aditya Wadhwa | RM | 575 | 36 | 9.58 | DNQ |
| Bhajan Kaur | RW | 569 | 25 | 9.48 | DNQ |
| Krish Kumar | RM | 559 | 52 | 9.32 | DNQ |
| Manjhiri Alone | RW | 548 | 38 | 9.13 | DNQ |
| Prathik Kumar Saha | RM | 569 | 44 | 9.48 | DNQ |
| Shree Chowdhury | U 21 | 531 | 20 | 8.85 | DNQ |
| Vanshi Kadvani | RW | 543 | 39 | 9.05 | DNQ |
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