For a country that measures welfare through happiness, Bhutan is the happiest shooting arrow in the sun.
Known as ‘DHA’ in the Himalayan Kingdom, archery, their national sports, holds a unique significance for the population and is an integral part of its cultural heritage.
Bhutan is ready to make an Olympic debut in Tokyo, but with curiosity, the country has competed in every Olympic archery tournament since Los Angeles 1984.
The Little Rider becomes that they always accept universality invitations.
Invitation universality is given to smaller or developing sports countries to ensure diversity in the game.
With the number of tickets it is reduced from three per gender in Rio 2016 into two in Tokyo, there is no certainty that Bhutan will continue to receive free quota.
However, this time, there is something different in the store for the Himalayas.
Archer Karma became the first athlete of the country to get an Olympic quota place in any sport.
He ordered Delth in the Women’s Individual Recurve Competition during the Asian Continent Qualification Tournament in Bangkok in 2019.
Karma will face the Indian Ace Archer Deepika Kumari in the first round of women’s individual events in Yumenoshima Park on July 28.
On Friday, Friday, Friday, as many as 616 (the best) in the individual ranking of women, finishing 56th, while Deepika finished 9th with a score of 663.
“I have worked very hard and trained every day – both physically and Mentally – since I qualified for the Olympics, “Karma said, a member of the contingent of four Bhutan members for the Tokyo match.
“Getting a quota place has motivated me to train more and harder.” Instead of Karma will participate in the Olympics for the first time.
In 2016, he received one of the invitations of the universality for the Rio game.
He also continued to be a flag for Bhutan at the opening ceremony in 2016.
“Every athlete in the dream world is at the grandest stage, and that’s the Olympics.
I consider myself lucky to have got this opportunity twice in my life,” said 31 years.
It would be interesting to watch whether Karma gave Bhutan – a country known as the Gross National Happiness Index – more to cheer from Tokyo’s game.