New Delhi, October 4, 2010: Indian recurve archers dominated the ranking round of the XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 archery events at the Yumuna Sports Complex. Rahul Banerjee and Jayanta Talukdaroccupied the top two positions after returning scores of 679 points and 676 after two rounds of 36 arrows over a distance of 70m.
Canada’s Jason Lyon was third with 674. India’s third entry Tarundeep Rai finished at 13th with 647 points.
The Indian men’s team took the top spot with a total of 2002. Eagland followed next with 1971 and Malaysia was third 1971. The second and third teams were separated after a tie-breaker.
Cadet world champion Deepika Kumari of India topped the women’s ranking round with a total of 662 points. Veteran Dola Banerjee was second with 658 and Naomi Anne Folkard of England was third with 642. India’s third entry Laishram Bombayla Devi was ninth with 624.
In the team event, India topped with 1944 points. England was second with 1904 and Australia was third with 1841.
This being the first time the competition is held in new format, all the top scores will be considered as records for future Games.
Press release from Indian Archery Association
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