“Even yesterday she was on the edge, but I didn’t have to say much.
I’ve noticed that from day one when I saw as a kid at SAI, while I too was training,” Banerjee said. “Archery is all about mental toughness and calmness - something she has it in her.
TEAMSPIRIT INDIA TRIAL
Hailing from UP but brought up in the West Bengal capital, she finished second in the trial for the top eight, which came at the expense of India’s ace archer Deepika Kumari, who ended ninth and was eliminated. She needed to win her match against Madhu Vedwan with a bonus point to make it, and she did so with utmost calmness. I kept telling them ‘sabr kijiye’ (have patience) - you don’t become a world champion overnight,” Banerjee, who took Aditi under his tutelage in 2018-19, said.Īditi’s biggest ‘test’ was the two-leg trials, where she had to finish inside the top four to make the Indian side. “There was a lot of pressure from her father and mother on when she would get a medal (so as to get a job easily). Earlier, riding on her gold and silver medal win at the Senior Nationals in Jammu last year, the 20-year-old made her Indian debut with a second-string side for World Cup Stage 4 in Medellin, Colombia.Ī post shared by ADITI🧿 Medellin, she made a forgettable first-round exit, going down to Dipti Kumari in the individual section, while in the team event, they lost to Korea in the second round. This is the first time that the 20-year-old has made the cut for the first-choice Indian team. “I’ll just have to keep at it,” added Aditi, who is inspired by Korean archer Ku Bonchan, the Rio Olympics double gold medallist. Every sportsperson’s dream is to play for India at the Olympics and win a medal, but it’s a long way to go. “My parents are now convinced that archery has a future. Somehow, we overcame all the odds and good days seem to be back. “Our house got flooded after Amphan and we lost all connectivity for days with no power. It was a gruelling two-phased trial spanning two months across Kolkata and Sonipat.Īs she got down to work, Aditi continued recollecting her “days of struggle”.
“There was a time when we would be lucky to get one meal a day when my father’s shop was shut for close to two years during the lockdown,” Aditi told after returning from the archery trials in Sonipat, where she earned an Indian team berth. Deepika Kumari fails to make India’s Asian Games, Worlds Archery squads Atanu Das returnsīut Banerjee was convinced that Aditi was destined for “much bigger things”.
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