Kolkata: The first medal at the Tokyo Olympics will be offered on Saturday and there is a good chance of India also opened their medal calculations that day.
A husband and wife who work together in the same organization are often not recommended, but in sports where coordination is very important, couples or waters and Deepika Kumari still bet the best India to win their first Olympic medal in Archery.
The mixed team format, which was added to the World Archery Championship program in Turin 2011, finally made its debut at the Olympics thus raising the total medal to be contested in the archery competition at five times this time.
Competition in mixed events looks relatively easier because as if a pair of 29 countries will aim at the starting line, only 16 will make pieces for the knockout phase of the event.
Going with Form Asan and Deepika recently, making the last 16 should not be difficult.
However, good qualifications will be very important because they can see them avoid some potential strong rivals.
String four wins will take the gold medal duo from there.
Even one fewer wins can still make them silver or bronze.
However, Indian partners, the seventh rating in the world, will face serious challenges from Korea, the Netherlands and others.
“Deepika and Asan are both in good condition, so we must have a good chance in the mixture.
But it depends on the pool too.
The mixed event can be a little more unpredictable,” said the Dronacharya Purnima Mahanato award coach recently.
Many will depend on Deepika, even though it is seen as a medalist, has returned empty-handed from the two Olympics that he took partially.
But into his third mega event, Jharkhand Archer has experience and confidence under his belt.
Like his first Olympic in London 2012, he will step on again the Arena as World Archer No.
1.
Asan and Deepika arrived in Tokyo behind the performance of the gold medal victory at the Cup III World Cup in Paris last month.
“I have worked very hard mentally who gave me many positive results,” Deepika told World Maneger after his first training session in the Yumenoshima ranking field on Monday.
“I left a lot behind on the last two Olympics, so I was doing it and building my confidence with it,” he added.
This is where her husband tends to come as aid.
Both of them trained together in the National Camp in Pune and got to know each other better after marriage during last year’s lock.
Having Aanu, who will take part in the second Olympics, because teammates tend to see deepika shoot more easily.
Interestingly, it was Deepika who fired an arrow that was determined last in Paris to take gold on a mixed event.
All countries will hope he will do encore on Saturdays too.