Kolkata, July 17, 2009
Senior National champion Deepika Kumari was the lone Indian to figure in the final of the cadet recurve women’s event of the 11th Youth World archery championship at Ogden (Utah, US).
India were also in line for four bronze medals in the individual and team events of cadet recurve men and team events of compound men and women.India drew a blank in the junior individual and team sections, according to information received here on Friday.
Deepika, who made it to the quarterfinals, continued her fine run by taking out fifth seed Miranda Leek of U.S. 115-104 before registering one of the finest victories of her fledgling career. The fourth-seeded Indian put out top seed from Korea Jeon Hun Young, 112-108, for a meeting with 10th seed from Russia Sayana Tsyrempilova in the final.
A world record equaling score was needed to subdue Sanjay Boro in the cadet recurve men’s semifinals. The seventh seeded Indian easily won against 18th ranked Turk Osman Eskici 112-101 in the quarterfinals and faced third seed Min Taehong of Korea in the semifinals.
The Korean came up with 117 that equalled Heorhiy Ivanytsky of Ukraine’s world record score set at Kundu/Antalya in 2008. Boro collapsed to 106 to concede defeat. He will challenge 29th ranked Hector Antonio Smith of Mexico for the bronze medal.
Indian cadet men’s team of Sanjay Boro, Mangal Ho and Parashan Nath, seeded fourth, will play sixth-seed Italy in the bronze medal play-off after it lost to top seed Korea 209-224 in the semifinals.
Earlier, India had beaten 13th ranked Finland 215-208 in the pre-quarterfinals and 12th ranked Mexico 213-202 in the quarterfinals.India also figured in the cadet compound men and women team bronze medal play-off matches. The sixth-seeded cadet men’s team of Sudhakar Kumar Paswan, Ritul Chatterjee and Abhyudaya Srinet will take on the top seed the U.S.A.
Earlier, India had beaten third-ranked Russian Federation 223-221 in the quarterfinals after getting a bye in the pre-quarterfinal round. India, however, lost to seventh-ranked Mexico by one point, 226-227, in the semifinals.
The fourth seeded India cadet compound women’s team consisting of Sarikonda Jayalakshmi, Prerna Bhagat and Nilam Kumari will figure in the bronze medal play-off against third seeded Russian Federation. India defeated Australia in the quarterfinals 217-215 but was buried under the world record score of 230 by top seed U.S. 230. India replied with 219.
Fifth and tenth seeds, Atanu Das and Pawan Xalxo, playing in the junior recurve men’s quarterfinals, were eliminated by 13th seed Xing Yu of China (111-113) and second seed Sung Wook Yeong of Korea (108-114).
India’s team campaign in the junior section was nothing short of a disaster. The second-seeded junior recurve men’s team (Das, Xalxo and Hemanta Basumatary) beat 15th ranked Kazakhstan 213-210 in the pre-quarterfinals but went down to seventh-seeded Great Britain 215-221.
The junior women’s team consisting of Balemai Hansda, Seema Verma and Sumita Kumari, ranked a lowly 14th, was beaten by third-seeded Ukraine 184-211.
Though ranked 10th, the junior compound men’s team of Arjun Rao, Sanjay Swansi and Ksh. Nikon Singh were no match to 10th ranked Belgium 219-224 in the pre-quarterfinals. The fifth ranked women’s team too fell in the first hurdle losing to fourth-seeded Italy 212-217.
The fifth-ranked Indian cadet recurve women’s team, with Deepika Kumari, Padyawati Sardar and V. Sharadha in the side, lost to 12-ranked Poland in the first round at 204-209.
Source: Indian Archery Association press release
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