Who is Komalika Bari? The 19-year-old reached the finals of the World Archery Youth Championships in Wroclaw, Poland on Thursday. Along with her, Sakshi Chaudhary has also reached the finals in the compound junior category.
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Two years ago, Komalika Bari had won the under-18 world title. She is now competing for the under-21 title in the championship. Bari has participated in the women’s individual finals of the recurve junior at the World Archery Championship for the youth.
Komalika Bari received two byes in the tournament. She had defeated Japanese Juri Shibuya with a score of 6-4. She also made a clean sweep against Kazakh Ziyodakhon Abdusattarova with a score of 6-0. Though her score came close to Japanese Mao Watanbe with 6-5.
In the semi-finals, Bari defeated American Casey Kaufhold by scoring 6-4. Now she will compete with Elia Canales of Spain for the World Archery Youth Champion title.
Two years after winning the under-18 world title, India’s Komalika Bari is into the gold medal match for the under-21 champion crown! 🥇🇮🇳#archerypic.twitter.com/KNhpPxw9Of
Bari was born in Jamshedpur or Tatanagar, Jharkhand. She pursued her early education from Shiksha Niketan school. She had left her mark by qualifying in the Olympic Test Event.
Bari was inspired by her cousin brother to take up archery at the ISWP Sports Complex, Jamshedpur. After that, she started honing her skills under TAA coaches Dharmendra Tiwari and Purnima Mahato.
In 2019, she was at 15th rank after outclassing four opponents including number-two-seeded Yeom Hyejeong on her way to the recurve women junior’s final. The then-teenager had made her international debut at the South Asian championship.
She was the third Indian archer and second recurve cadet (under-18) world champion to hold a world title, archer Deepika Kumari being the first one in 2009.
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