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Atanu Das | World Archery
For Indian archer Atanu Das, success has taken its own sweet time to arrive. After over a decade of sustained efforts, he won his first individual World Cup gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Guatemala last month.
Right from his junior days, Das has had setbacks that he’s had to fight his way out of. From being rejected by the Tata Archery academy to narrowly missing out on Olympic qualification in 2012, Das has prevailed to remain among India’s top male archers.
And when it seemed Das was about to hit his greatest heights, the Covid-19 pandemic put his dreams on hold. Das had won a bronze medal just before the pandemic in 2019 at the Asian Championships but with lockdown in force in the country, the archers were left with no option but to stop training.