Mahato to coach India's women archers in Beijing Games
1/8/2008 17:49
Purnima Mahato from Tata Archery Academy (TAA) has been picked up as coach
of Indian women's archery team at the Beijing Olympics, a news release from TAA
in Jamshedpur said yesterday.
"This is the first time that a TAA coach has
been given the responsibility of being a coach for the Indian team at the
Olympics," the release said.
Mahato, an accomplished archer, won a gold medal
(team) in the
International Archery Championship at Bangkok in 1993.
She
joined Tata Steel in 1994 and has been coaching the cadets of TAA ever
since.
In 2005, Mahato accompanied the nation's archery team to Spain for the
43rd senior world outdoor Archery Championship where India won a silver
medal.
She was also the coach of the Indian team which won a gold in the
men's and a bronze medal in women's section at the senior Asian Archery
Championship held in China last year.
Mahato's latest achievement as a coach
was at the second World Cup archery held at Croatia in 2008 where India bagged a
silver and a bronze medal respectively.
Xinhua
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