The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 this March due to the coronavirus pandemic that has killed an estimated 3 lakh people worldwide and infected over 4 million.
HI engaged it's executive board members and state member units in discussions to pave the way forward and re-start the sport at state and national level following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bindra, who won the coveted gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, thus far remains the only Indian to have won an individual gold medal at the Olympics.
The Indian team sealed a second consecutive berth in the now postponed Tokyo Olympics after beating USA 6-5 on aggregate in November.
The lifters are currently staying at Sports Authority of India's National Center of Excellence in Patiala.
World Archery also said that National Olympic Committees (NOC) will retain quotas that have been won thus far by athletes in competitions.
Bhaker was primed for success at sport's grandest and biggest stage in Tokyo later this year, but the unprecedented health crisis intervened and forced a postponement of the Games by a year.
The world championship is an annual event, although not held in an Olympic year. But, with the 2020 Tokyo Games postponed to next year, it will be the first time that the prestigious event will be conducted in the Olympic year.
The Tokyo Olympics were originally scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 this year but the quadrennial event was postponed by a year last month owing to the pandemic, which has so far claimed over 2 lakh lives globally.
Archery's global governing body also said that the world rankings will remain frozen and that it has extended the hiatus on all international competitions overall to August 31.
Eight events of the 14-leg Diamond League series, where only top athletes are invited to take part, have been postponed so far amid uncertainty of whether any athletics competition will be held at all this year due to the pandemic.
The adjustment to the qualifying system for the Tokyo Olympic Games was made by the IGF and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to accommodate the new dates of the competition in 2021
The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. While it was earlier scheduled to be held from July 24 to August 9, 2020, the new dates are July 23 to August 8, 2021.
Answering a question related to Olympics, Abe said it is important for all athletes and spectators to feel safe and for that to happen, the virus will have to be contained.
Following the continuous rise in the global pandemic, the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government, last month, mutually decided to postpone the Olympics to July 2021.
2028 Los Angeles Olympics chairman Casey Wasserman said that the Tokyo Olympics has the opportunity to bring the world together in a "truly special, unique way."
Most NOCs hold their elections in the year after the Games, with Presidents and Executive Committee members serving four-year terms at a time.
The 2020 Olympics was postponed to July 23-August 8, 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic but several health experts have questioned if it will be possible to hold the Games even next year.
Tokyo 2020 announced in a statement that the man in his 30s was confirmed to be infected on the evening of April 21
The IOC also made clear that athletes who finish serving their anti-doping suspensions before the Tokyo 2020 unveils in 2021 could be eligible to participate in the Games.
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