Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Indian archer Atanu Das has vowed to show his best performance at next year’s Tokyo Games. He stated that he is much better prepared, having worked on various aspects of his game after an ordinary outing at the Rio Olympics.

“I was very excited for my first ever Olympic Games. I had given my best and pushed myself but unfortunately I lost in the quarters. May be that was my best of that time. I learnt a lot after that loss,” he stated in an online live chat show.

Archers Atanu Das at the finals of National Rankings Archery tournament at Yamuna sports complex in New Delhi on June 23rd 2013. Express photo by RAVI KANOJIA.

The 28-year-old went down fighting against South Korean lee Seung-Yun in the round of 16 in his maiden Olympics.

“I noted down my strong and weak points and worked on them. I was so disappointed after that loss that I didn’t want to talk to anyone for [the] first two months. It’s very important how you manage your thought process even at the time of practice as well.

“You have to be honest with yourself. After one month from Rio, I started working on the mental aspect of the game.”

Atanu is a part of the national camp and is currently training at ASI Pune. He has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics along with compatriots Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav in the men’s recurve team event at the 2019 World Championships.

“I’m preparing very hard for the 2021 Olympics. Rio 2016 was my first one but Tokyo will be the best one, I will be a lot more prepared,” he said.

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