IOA gets support from World Archery for Commonwealth C'ships

The Indian Olympic Association on Monday received full support from World Archery on its proposal to host a Commonwealth championships for the sport, which is not in Birmingham CWG roster, in March 2022.

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 Championships and said it will provide all the necessary help in hosting such a tournament.

"We have well received a copy of your proposal to the CGF and we are pleased that Indian 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 ..