India eNews: Top Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Sports Minister M. S. Gill, who has promised that no athlete will get a raw deal in matters of selection to the Beijing Games, has met archer Reena Kumari who had complained of favouritism in the selection of the squad.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
New Delhi: International archer Reena Kumari on Thursday alleged that the Archery Association of India (AAI) excluded her from the Beijing Olympics squad to protect a few of their favourite players.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Woman archer Reena Kumari today cried foul after losing on an Olympic berth to Dola Banerjee and V Pranitha
India eNews: Top Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Archer Reena Kumari, who was left out of the Indian Olympic team after the trials in Kolkata last week, slammed the Archery Association of India (AAI) alleging several discrepancies in the selection process and claimed that she was not picked despite being the best performer in the other two trials.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... dominate archery events at the Olympics. The best Indian showing being Satyadev Prasad’s 10th and Reena Kumari’s 15th position finishes at Athens.In this scenario, it would be imprudent to consider India as one of the front-runners for an Olympic medal. For the past one year since the Leipzig Worlds, the leading Indian archers have done well both as a team and as individuals but spasmodically....
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
News: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Advts: | | | | - Sports : General Archer protests her exclusion Special Correspondent ‘Selection process aimed at protecting big players’To meet Union Sports Minister to present her caseNEW DELHI: She has packed up her bow. “I may never be allowed to compete again,” said archer Reena Kumari, protesting against her exclusion from the team to Beijing Olympics...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
KOLKATA: Veterans Dola Banerjee, Reena Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro will be up against younger brigade, comprising Punya Prabha, Sushma, V. Pranitha, Pratima Boro and Rimil Biruly, for two places in the women’s Olympic archery team to be ...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
... to information reching here, Punya Prabha of Uttar Pradesh, Chekrovolu Swuro of Nagaland and Reena Kumari of Railways were third, fourth and fifth with 5128, 5124 and 5119 respectively. Another junior Pratima Boro of Steel Plant was sixth with 5043.Indian squad: Men: Mangal Singh Champia (Railways). Women: Laishram Bombayla Devi (Rly), V. Pranitha (Steel Plant) and Dola Banerjee (Rly)....
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
... for her to qualify for the women's recurve team.So Dola now has to compete among seven others Reena Kumari (both Railways), Punya Prabha and Sushma (both UP), V. Pranitha, Rimil Biruli and Pratima Boro (all Steel Plant) and Chekrovolu Swuro (Nagaland) for the two remaining slots of the team event in the selection trials slated for four days (June 25-26 and June 28-29) at SAI in Kolkata.A...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
... help with housework. After repeated protests they reluctantly agreed to send me to school,” said Reena Kumari who went on to do her parents and school proud. “It all changed in the matric exams when I scored more marks than my brother,” said the girl, among the 13 who got a first division. “Now, they want me to go to a college and study further.”For the students of Janta High, mostly...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
... competition are between June 26 and 29 in Kolkata, where she will have to outscore the in-form Reena Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro, and Sushma and V Parineeta, for the two vacant slots. The other automatic choice in the three-member team is Bombaya Devi. Dola had qualified for the Athens Olympics by virtue of her performance in the 42nd World Outdoor Target Archery Championship in New...
