Patna, May 8, 2009
Continuing the form that fetched the Indian men’s recurve team the gold medal at the World Cup Stage I at Santo Domingo, the threesome of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh put India in line for a gold medal in the Stage II at Porec, Croatia, according to information reached here.
Indian women’s recurve team, consisting of Bombayla Devi, Rimil Buriuly and Dola Banerjee, made it to the bronze medal play off against Ukraine.
Indian men’s outfit had no problem in disposing off Slovakia at 224-193 in the first round and outshot the USA 227-218 in the quarterfinals in a field of 16 teams. The confidence the team had gained from the earlier two victories stood it in good stead against Italy in the semifinals. The contest was far more intense as India had Marco Galiazzo, Talukdar’s final opponent in the individual event.
The Indian trio has been performing exceptionally well for the past two years meant Italy had to bow to India’s superiority at 225-220. India’s final opponent will be Russian Federation on Saturday.
The women’s side, ranked ninth had a tough outing in the first round against eight-ranked Great Britain. The two teams tied at 217-217 before the Indians prevailed in the tie-breaker at 28-23. The win ought to have boosted the morale of the side as India took the top seed Italy apart in the quarterfinals at 217-212.
Like the Indian men, the women failed to consolidate the gains in the semifinals againstfourth-ranked France and lost the tie 206-209.
Source: Indian Archery press release
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