KOLKATA, November 3: Indian archers had a moderate day on the first day of the four-day 3rd Asian Indoor Games archery competition at the Haiphong Youth Gymnasium in Hanoi on Tuesday.
The opening day had the qualification round in all four categories – men’s and women’s recurve and men’s and women’s compound bow – where the Indians had mixed luck.
Rajib Basumatary was the best among Indian recurve men with a two-round total of 577 out of 600 points. This fetched him an overall joint ninth position. Gurucharan Besra and Nanavath Ravinder were placed joint 12th with totals of 575 each. Waikhom Ranjan Singh was 17th overall with a total of 571 in a field of 45. Korea swept all the four top places.
Maisnam Chinglensana Luwang and Sakro Besra were third overall in the men’s and women’s compound events respecitively. Luwang’s total of 575 fetched him the joint third position while Sakro had a total of 567 for her sole third place.
Abhishek Verma was eighth with 571, Laishangbam Haridas Singh was joint ninth with 569 and Jayantilal Nanoma was 15th with 564 in a field of 24 in the men’s compound event.
Vrushali Gorle was fifth in the women’s compound with a total of 563 points. Sweety Kumari was ninth with 558 and veteran Bheigyabati Chanu was 12th with 553 in a field of 20.
India’s lone entry in the women’s recurve event, Punyaprabha Kumari was ninth with 566 points in a field of 27.
An archer had to shoot 30 arrows at a target placed at 18m twice for a total of 60 arrows and 600 points.
In none of the four team events, India finished on top. Individual and team elimination round will be gone through in the next two days with the finals coming off on November 6. India sent its second string archers for the Asian Indoor Games. The top archers are preparing for the 16th Asian Archery Championship beginning at Bali (Indonesia) from November 16.
Source: Indian Archery Association press release
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