India add two more gold to their kitty

Kolkata, February 18, 2012: India won both the mixed team gold medals in the first Asian Grand Prix archery tournament in Bangkok today. The Indian mixed recurve team of Jayanta Talukdar and Laishram Bombayla Devi took gold beating the Japanese team at 143-142 in the final.

Rajat Chauhan and Jhano Hansdah combined well to give India the mixed compound team gold ahead of Myanmar by winning at 151-148, according to information received here.

The two gold medals inflated India’s medal haul to three gold, three silver and a bronze on the penultimate day. All the team finals will be held tomorrow.

Fourth seeded Indian recurve pair had it easy against France in the semifinals winning the contest at 148-142. In the other semifinals, Japan defeated Malaysia at 148-139.

In the compound section, India stopped Malaysia in the semifinals at 148-143 while Myanmar ousted Vietnam at 147-143 on way to final.

The mixed pair contest, introduced a year ago, teams two best archers in the men and women section of each country on the basis of points earned in ranking round. Top 16 pairs qualify for the mixed team events in both recurve and compound.

A Press release