Indian recurve men’s team ends second

Patna, September 1, 2010: Buoyed by Jayanta Talukdar’s 684 points, the Indian recurve men’s team ended the qualification round of the World Cup Stage IV archery meet second behind world leaders Korea with a total of 2030 points on the opening day at Shanghai on Wednesday.

According to information reached here, Talukdar himself finished second in the individual ranking behind Im Dong-Hyun whose 691 broke the existing world record of 687 that he established at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Korea also bettered the team’s world record of 2039 established at Antalya in 2008 with 2043.

The women’s performance was rather disappointing. The senior most members, Dola Banerjee and Laishram Bombayla Devi, found the form dipping and had the mortification of finishing 39th and 33rd respectively. Dola’s 626 was the worst score among the four Indians which earned her the 39th ranking place. Bombayla did a little better with a score of 629 which gave her the 33rd spot. Cadet world champion Deepika Kumari was the best with 645 points that got her the 13th ranking place. The fourth member Rimil Buruily was 19th with 641.

National champion Tarundeep Rai was the next best placed Indian after Talukdar. His 674 points gave him the eighth rank. Rahul Banerjee was 12th with 672 and Mangal Singh Champia, who will only be playing in individual event, was 38th with 656.

India’s first round opponent in the men’s team championship will be Great Britain, ranked 15th.

The Indian women’s team will clash with ninth ranked Japan in the first round.

In the mixed team event, Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar, were ranked third with 1329 and will face the Mexican duo in the first elimination round.

Source: Indian Archery Association release