KOLKATA: Olympian Atanu Das made a roaring comeback to the India side after being out for almost a year since losing to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa in the Tokyo Olympics. "It was quite a hard time for me to sit out after playing for the country for almost 10 long years," a relieved Das told TOI from Sonipat after the conclusion of the four-day selection trials on Monday.
The country's top 16 archers fought it out to be in the India side by finishing among top four. These four recurve and compound archers will represent the country in all premier international events this year, that includes the rescheduled Hangzhou Asian Games, the four stages of the World Cup (Shanghai, Antalya, Turkey, Medelline, Colombia and Paris) and the Berlin World Championships, a quota event for Tokyo Olympics 2024.
