KOLKATA/NAGPUR: The Indian archers’ international season is off to a bumpy start after only a few members of the squad could board the flight to the US on Saturday for the season-opening World Cup first leg in Florida from April 8-13.
The fate of nine of the 24-member senior Indian team hangs in the balance as they are still awaiting their US visas. Despite the Archery Association of India’s (AAI) whole-hearted effort, the archers failed to get an early US visa appointment date. Fifteen members of the team who already had US visas departed, while the remaining members are scheduled for biometrics and visa interviews only on Monday morning, a day before the event begins in Florida.