Jharkhand archer Komalika Bari will not leave any stone unturned when she lines up to shoot at the World Youth Archery Championship in Wroclaw, Poland from August 9 to 15.

The 19-year-old, a cadet of Tata Archery Academy, has secured a berth in India’s junior women's recurve squad for the Poland event. Komalika is in prime form after claiming team gold with fellow archers Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat at the recently concluded World CupStage 3 in Paris.

An integral part of the women’s recurve squad, the bespectacled Komalika had also kissed a gold at the World Cup Stage 1 held at Guatemala earlier this year.

She was selected in the Indian squad after the recently concluded selection trials at Sonepat, Haryana. The teen archer is still in Sonepat, undergoing training with the Poland-bound national squad.

Hailing from Jamshedpur’s Birsanagar, she rose to fame when she won a gold medal at the World Youth Archery and Cadet Championships staged in Madrid, Spain in 2019. Despite Komalika being talented, her rise was not that easy. She has worked very hard to be regarded as one of the top women archers in the country. Dharmendra Tiwary, her mentor at Tata’s archery cradle, believes that his disciple is expected to clinch the top slot in Poland. “She (Komalika) is currently in top form and the rhythm should continue. She is also high in confidence, especially after the stupendous show in Paris,” the Dronacharya awardee who has worked with top archers, including Deepika and Ankita, added.

He maintained that the archer is a fine talent who is set to make impressive progress. “I am very confident that Komalika will win more laurels for the country and Jharkhand,” said the veteran coach about the junior archer who is now also a regular in the national senior recurve side.

Despite not qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, she has all the qualities of making it to the world’s biggest sporting event, maintained her coach. “Age is on Komalika’s side and she has a long way to go. I’m very optimistic about her future,” Tiwary added. Komalika comes from a typical Indian middle-class household. Her father, Ghanshyam Bari, works as an LIC agent while her mother Lakshmi is a homemaker. Earlier, she was a trainee at a cradle run by Indian Steel & Wire Product near Telco township in Jamshedpur. She made it to the Tata cradle in 2016.