Dhiraj Bommadevara Tops Recurve Qualification With Record Asian Games Score

Key facts

• Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara set a new Asian Games men's recurve qualification record with 698 points out of 720 at the 2026 Asian Games in Okazaki City, Japan, breaking the previous record of 690 set by Korea's Lee Woo Seok.
• Korea's Kim Je Deok finished second with 693 points and Chinese Taipei's Chin-Hun Tang was third with 692, while Lee Woo Seok finished fourth with 687.
• Topping qualification earned Dhiraj a bye into the second round of the 64-archer individual elimination draw.
• Dhiraj had exited in the quarterfinals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and India are yet to win an Asian Games gold medal in the men's recurve individual event, with Tarundeep Rai's silver in 2010 the best result.
• India finished second behind Korea in the men's team qualification, received a bye into the pre-quarterfinals of the 32-team draw, and will face the Philippines.
• In women's compound qualification, India's 21-year-old Chikitha Taniparthi finished first with 705 points.
• Iran's Bita Asheghzadeh Oskouei was second in women's compound qualification with 704 points, while triple Asian Games gold medallist Jyothi Surekha Vennam placed 13th to qualify for the individual elimination round.
• Legendary Korean archer Kim Woojin failed to qualify for the individual elimination round as only the top two archers from each country advance.
• India took the second seed in the women's compound team event behind China and will open against Mongolia in the 16-team draw.