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Dhiraj Bommadevara Shatters Asian Games Record, Tops Recurve Qualification
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News18•26-09-2026, 12:02
Dhiraj Bommadevara Shatters Asian Games Record, Tops Recurve Qualification
- •Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara set a new men’s recurve qualification record with 698 points at the Asian Games 2026 in Okazaki City, Japan.
- •Dhiraj broke the previous Asian Games record of 690, securing a bye into the second round of the 64-archer individual elimination draw.
- •Korea’s Kim Je Deok took second with 693, while Chinese Taipei’s Chin-Hun Tang was third with 692.
- •In a major upset, legendary Korean archer Kim Woojin failed to qualify for the individual elimination round, missing out due to the two-archer-per-country limit.
- •Chikitha Taniparthi topped the women’s compound qualification with 705 points, further boosting India's strong performance in compound events.
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Dhiraj Bommadevara set a new men's recurve qualification record with 698 points out of 720 at the 2026 Asian Games in Okazaki City, Japan, breaking the previous record of 690 set by Korea's Lee Woo Seok.
Twenty-one-year-old Chikitha Taniparthi finished first in the women's compound qualification round with 705 points out of a possible 720.
Tarundeep Rai's silver medal in 2010 remains India's best result in the men's recurve individual event, as India is yet to win a gold medal in this category at the Asian Games.
