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Set house in order soon or Indian archers will compete under world body flag, WA warns AAI

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The Indian archers run the risk of competing under a neutral World Archery (WA) banner if the de-recognised national federation of the country

(AAI) fails to set its house in order soon, international body's secretary general Tom Dielen has warned.

Dielen said they were against punishing the archers but described the ongoing deadlock in AAI as a concern ahead of the upcoming Olympic qualification tournaments.

The 2019 World Archery Championships, slated in June next year, will offer 24 berths to the top eight teams in both men's and women's sections, while there will also be continental qualification tournament next year.

"The current status quo cannot continue indefinitely. At a certain moment we might have to decide that the athletes participate under a neutral World Archery banner. The matter of main concern is the upcoming Olympic qualification tournaments," the 50-year-old archer-turned-sports administrator told PTI in an interview from World Archery headquarters in Lausanne.

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