Archery Association of India to rework selection policy

NEW DELHI: The cancellation of Indian archers' trip to the World Cup in Medellin, Colombia, has forced the Archery Association of India (AAI) to rework its new selection policy.
The AAI has now decided to send its A-list archers to the second stage of the World Cup in Shanghai, China, from May 6 to 12. Earlier, the AAI had planned to send a B team – mostly comprising of second-rung and junior archers – to the Shanghai World Cup.
For the third stage of the World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, from May 20 to 26, the AAI is mulling over the idea of sending a mixed team, comprising of both the senior and junior archers. This may largely include top recurve archers.
TOI has reliably learnt a decision in this regard will soon be made public by AAI president BVP Rao after consulting his executive committee members.
"Now that nothing can be done about the Medellin World Cup, the AAI has decided to revisit its selection policy and try to figure out a way to allow our archers, who missed Medellin, to compete at the next two stages of the World Cup, starting with Shanghai.
"It's important for our senior archers and medal prospects to get into the Olympics mindset by competing in these World Cups," an AAI official told TOI.