Deepika Kumari (photo Alex Pantling/Getty Images) New Delhi: If the archery is where Calt meets with chaos in the span of the heart rhythm, then Deepika Kumari has long been the most trusted arrow of India.Last month in Shanghai again proved that her goal is far from being fading.“Get your hands on the medal – I see it as an improvement,” says Deepika Timesofindia.com after he won her 18th at action 2. Medal with an individual world cup.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Knockout bikes brought impressive Koreans, and while Deepika came across the semifinals against the Olympic champion Lim Sihyeon, she did not stay down for a long time and returned to Outshot former world champion Kang Chayoung 7-3 to ensure bronze.
Hunger for the Olympic Medal
“I feel very proud. I think I contributed something to Indian archery. People say,” Because of you, the archery has become known. “But until I win the Olympic medal, I won’t feel I really did,” says the four -time Olympian.The participation of Deepics in the four Olympic Games has noticed that it has achieved the quarterfinals in Tokyo and Parisian editions – its best individual endings so far.The hearts that do not say were often her companion on the largest stages of sports.However, the Olympic dream is not a closed chapter.“Negotiations with the Olympic heart in Paris I dealt with it the next day. I just moved on and thought that next time I played at the Olympics, I will definitely win the medal,” says La 2028.
“I would be the biggest fool if …”
Pressure does not end in archery; Outside the field, the will is often followed – driven by the Olympic hope of the nation, which sometimes leans into a hard judgment.Deepika, in the world of immediate opinions, learned to filter out the statics: “Why give answers to those who know nothing? If someone does not know me, he did not see me fight, why bother to react?
Indian Deepika Kumari (Photo Dean Alberga/Handut/World Archery Federation through Getty Images)
“They say,” You’re just standing and shooting. “I’ll tell them: You’ll try to stand eight hours.The bow itself weighs 3.5 to 4 kg and the requirements are not only muscular. As the veteran adds: “You can’t rely solely on the strength of the body. When drawing a bow you need to control the mind – it must be balanced. Without proper training, children are injured today and try to raise too quickly, too fast. We believed that rest was not part of the training.
New coach, newer motivation
With the new coach, Olympion Rahul Baerjee and support the Reliance Foundation Foundation, Deepika now throws away from the ground up. Yes, even a veteran sometimes has to return to the foundations and Deepika is currently doing it.Deepika remembers her early days of the Academy and continues: “In India, we are constantly compared to Koreans who have had a structured system since childhood. But in our country, expectations are high and patience is missing.“Like when I went to the Academy, I was told,” If you do not perform in the next six months, you will be removed. “So it’s the same – limited time, less funding.“Then players forgot to build a base because they are forced to improve their performance. In India there is still a lack of knowledge at the basic places, especially about the basics. So I focus on the conversion of my base from scratch.”For many, it is only a mountain of sport, because post-pandemic inflation has hit the archery hard.“After Covid, the cost of equipment has increased a lot. A good archery setting can cost around 5.5 Lakh INR (approximately $ 6500). You can get basic equipment for 2 to 2.5 lakh, but they will not be an international standard,” he reveals.
All eyes at the La 2028 Olympics
While the La 2028 Olympics can still be a few chapters far away, Deepika is enthusiastic about the introduction of compound archery – discipline where Indian archers have excelled over the years.“If the chance of medals increases, the benefits of our country,” he adds.Also read: Indian farmer who lifted the weapon at the age of 13 is now recovering the Olympic heart break: the story of Maheshware Chauhan“In folded archery, shoot the triggers and more mechanical use.However, Deepika focuses on the remaining world cups, national trials and Asian games next year.“My coach and I have tried a new approach. We mix his experience with my style. I want to become a senior world champion,” he sighs.
