IOA gets support from World Archery

IOA chief Narinder Batra had written to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on January 3, proposing to host Commonwealth Championships in shooting and archery, which he had described as “two adjunct complementary events to the 2022 Commonwealth Games”.

World Archery’s Secretary General Tom Dielen, in a letter to Batra on Monday, backed the IOA’s proposal to host a Commonwealth Championship and said it will provide all the necessary help in hosting such a tournament.

“We have well received a copy of your proposal to CGF and we are pleased that India included archery in this proposal. World Archery is giving full support to this proposal to have an archery competition in India as part of Commonwealth Games friendship programme,” Dielen wrote in the letter.

“We will work with the Indian government, IOA and you (CGF) to finalise the details and the exact programme but would suggest adding the mixed team events which will also feature in Tokyo 2020,” he added.