Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday interacted with the World Youth Archery Championship winners and congratulated them for making the "nation proud". Team India registered a total of 15 medals - 8 gold, 2 silver, and 5 .
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government will provide cash rewards of Rs 2 crore, Rs 1 crore and Rs 75 lakh to players who won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively in the Tokyo Olympics, chief minister Hemant Soren announced on Saturday.
Interacting virtually with the players ahead of the Games scheduled later this month, Soren also announced Rs 50 lakh for archer Deepika Kumari for her golden stint in the recently concluded Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris, both in team and individual events while Rs 20 lakh each will be given to her two other teammates Komolika Bari and Ankita Bhagat. Another Rs 15 lakh will be given to archery coach Purnima Mahto, who played a pivotal role for the gold-winning archery team in Paris.
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Deepika Kumari s gold medal hat-trick, ahead of the Olympics wowed Anupam Kher and other celebrities as well as netizens. Video of her win surfaced online.
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Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, there was a reason to cheer as India enjoyed a gold rush at the Archery World Cup in Paris that concluded on Sunday. Deepika Kumari’s strong performance in Stage 3 of the World Cup resulted in a hat-trick of gold medals, and the feat even wowed the celebrities of the film and sports fraternity. Anupam Kher, Manoj Tiwary, and Aahana Kumra were among those who put out appreciation posts for the archer.