Hyderabad, Oct. 7 -- Olympic medallists and India's Asian Games stars will be in focus as the second season of the Archery Premier League gets underway here on Thursday, with the
six-team franchise competition bringing together leading recurve and compound archers from India and abroad.
The return of APL, after a successful first season in New Delhi, coincides with India's sensational performance in Aichi-Nagoya that saw the country's archery contingent emerge as the best in the field, ahead of powerhouses
South Korea. Now, the country's star archers will take center stage from October 8 to 18 at People's Plaza in Hyderabad's Necklace Road.
This time, the medal-winning archers will be involved in a completely different setting -- shooting against
their own national teammates in some cases and with a quicker shooting deadline, with each arrow allotted an average of just 15 seconds in a thrilling format.
The APL will also witness recurve and compound archers going up against each other, another novelty that makes this franchise league stand out from regular World Archery events on the international circuit.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.