New Delhi, October 6, 2010: As expectedly, the Indian men’s and women’s teams moved into the semifinals of the recurve and compound sections of the Commonwealth Games archery competition at Yamuna Sports Complex here.
The men’s team, comprising Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Tarundeep Rai, will play a strong Australian side for a place in the final on October 8. The women’s team, consisting of Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Dola Banerjee, will play Malaysia in the semifinals on the same date.
The other semifinals of the men’s section will be contested by England and Malaysia while in the ladies’ side it will be between England and Canada.
India beat Sri Lanka 213-205 in the men’s quarterfinal match. In other matches, Australiadefeated Canada 218-216 points; Malaysia beat Bangladesh 218-201 and Engand outplayed Cyprus 218-209.
In the women’s section, India and England, the top two seeds, got a bye into the semifinals in a six-team competition. In other quarterfinal matches, Malaysia defeated Singapore 205-200 and Canada shocked Australia 205-201.
In the men’s first round results, Sri Lanka beat Scotland 199-197, Bangladesh beat Mauritius 218-176 and Cyprus outpointed Northern Ireland 216-213.
Indian team also made it to the semifinals of the compound section and will play South Africa. The Indian men’s team, comprising Ritul Chatterjee, Ch. Jignas and C. Srither, defeated New Zealand in the quarterfinals 226-225 and outplayed Trinidad & Tobago 224-219 in the pre-quarterfinals. The other semifinal will be between England and Australia.
The women’s side, consisting of Bheigyabati Chanu, Jhano Hansdah and Gagandeep Kaur, will play top seed Canada in the ladies’ semifinals. India managed to overcome Australia 227-220 in the quarterfinals. The other semifinal game will be between England and Malaysia.
In other quarterfinal matches, Canada beat Wales 223-222; Malaysia beat Scotland 227-216 and England beat New Zealand 227-221.
Indian Archery Association press release
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