Archery
Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games Summer
16 Jul 2025
-27 Jul 2025
Germany, Rhine-Ruhr
Stories from Chengdu - India enjoys best-ever FISU Games showing in Chengdu
India ended its campaign at the Chengdu FISU World University Games with 26 medals, including 11 gold, five silver and 10 bronze. Why is that final tally meaningful? It easily surpasses the country’s combined total of 18 medals they had earned all time at the FISU Summer Games. The world’s most populous nation earned more […]
Olympic champion wins individual FISU Games gold in fourth attempt
“This is my fourth time participating but it is my first time winning an individual gold medal,” South Korean archer Choi Misun said Monday after reaching the top of the podium in women’s recurve in her fourth appearance at the FISU World University Games. “I am very happy. This is my last chance to participate. […]
Before targeting gold, archery saved Pragati’s life
For many, archery might be just another sport, but for Pragati is the discipline that saved her life. Having suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2020, Pragati became distraught with the perspective of not being able to compete in her favorite sport. Unable to get up from bed for months, the Indian had to undergo two […]
Road to Chengdu 2021: meet Mateo Schärer-Gonzalez, Swiss archer
The EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) student-athlete started archery some five years ago and completely by chance. “We were in holidays in Italy with the family and archery was among the activities we could do in the area,” he recalls. “From the moment I started, I told my parents I wanted to do it […]