Recurve archers often use fatter arrows for better flight indoors and tweak the fletching since arrows spend only a fraction of the time in flight indoors as compared to outdoors. The targets are closer, target faces are different and there are no vagaries of wind or weather. It's far removed from the usual catalogue of outdoor events that make up any given year for Indian archers. They travelled to Jabalpur to train at a fairly new, private facility where they'd never shot before and then flew to a snowy Nevada in February for the Las Vegas Shoot - the largest indoor archery competitions in the world. Once out of their self-imposed pause, Deepika and Atanu decided to break away from routine. "Even during the break, I kept thinking that everyone else is probably training," Deepika says, " Phir se bow kheench paenge ya nahi soch rahi thi (I was wondering if I'd be able to draw the bow again). Without it, even a decent performance could wither away soon.īut after a few creditable rounds, she and her spouse, fellow archer Atanu Das, returned to India despondent and plunged into a two-month break to purge themselves. A first-ever medal would've been historic. In her head, it was supposed to be different. Less than eight months ago, the Indian archer was live on screens across the country, her climbing heart rate between shots on ticking display and the thought of another unsuccessful Olympics hurling her into her very own public hell. (My confidence is in the doldrums)ĭeepika Kumari sums up her primary challenge heading into a busy stretch of competitions in 2022, comprising World Cups and the Asian Games. I can't run away: Deepika Kumari rebuilding herself after Olympic heartbreakĬonfidence ki lagi padi hai. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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