A day after three Indian archers made it to the 2004 Olympics Games, the country's men's and women's teams also booked berths in the world's biggest sporting extravaganza after fine performances in the 42nd World Archery Championships in New York.
The men's team, comprising Satyadev Prasad, Tarundeep Rai and Acharya Ved Kumar, stormed into the semi-finals of the Recurve team competition, beating Ukraine 247/232 out of 270 points.
The victory paved the way for the team to earn its first-ever berth in the Olympics, an Archery Association of India statement said on Saturday.
India takes on Korea in the semi-finals.
In the other semi-final, Sweden meet Italy.
Earlier, in the pre-quarter-finals, India prevailed over Russia 249-242.
However, the women's team made it to the Athens Olympics despite losing its quarter-final tie against Ukraine by a narrow margin.
The team, comprising Dola Banerjee, who became the first Indian woman archer to qualify for the Olympics two days ago, Reena Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro, had set up a quarter-final clash against Ukraine, winning the 1/16 match against Turkey 236/217.
However, their attempts to move into the semi-finals was foiled by Ukraine, who beat them 239/236 after a close battle.
Besides Dola Banerjee, the other two Indians who qualified for the Olympics are Satyadev Prasad and Tarundeep Rai.
