Indian men lose to China in quarter finals
Amid shock and disbelief, the Indian men's recurve team failed to go past the quarterfinals stage in the 45th World Archery Championship at Ulsan on September 7. China delivered the crushing blow to India's hopes of winning a medal with a score of 221-216.
Third-seeded India began brightly beating 11th ranked Malaysia at 217-207 leading the contest throughout. But the Indian trio of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar, failed to raise their game against the sixth-seeded China and lost badly.
India took the lead with 55-54 in the first end of six arrows. When the Indian camp thought a good beginning augured well, came the rise of the Chinese dragon which spit fire in the next end of six arrows. The Chinese picked up 58 points out a possible 60 in that end and wrested the initiative from the Indians (112-108).
What India needed was a match performance to neutralize the four-point lead but the Indian threesome failed to rise to the occasion and picked up 55 points as against China's 56 (163-168), a lead of five points which was extremely difficult to surmount in the final end. India came up with 53 instead of 59 and China matched it with 53 of its own. In the end it was the China’s Red which stayed in the contest and India’s Blue trooped out with dropping shoulders. It was all over for India in this World Championship.
The victory proved in vain as China lost to second-seeded France in the semifinals and will play Japan, the other losing semifinalists, in the bronze medal play-off. The gold medal will be contested by Korea and France on Tuesday.
The 46th World Championship in 2011 will be even more competitive as it will offer 2012 London Olympic berths.
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Mangal Singh goes down in quarterfinals
Mangal Singh Champia raised the hope of a medal but fell in the quarterfinals of the individual recurve event to second seed Lee Chang-Hwan of Korea, 111-114, in the individual recurve event of the 45th World Archery Championship at Ulsan, South Korea, on September 6.
The rest of the Indians in this category failed to move past the third round.
Champia sailed past five rounds including the opening round bye with great ease but was rudely halted by the Korean. In another fantastic match, Lee opened with X10-10-X10 in his first three arrows! Champia answered with 10-10 and an unlucky 7. In the second end, both archers shot 27, Lee keeping his 3-point advantage. In the third end, Champia shot his own perfect 30, reducing his disadvantage to only 1 point: Lee led 85-84. For the first arrow of the last end, Lee shot 9 and Champia 10, meaning they were tied. Lee then scored two 10s, putting too much pressure on his opponent who managed only 9-8. Lee clinched the victory 114-111!
Getting a bye in the first round, Champia won against Stefanso Tserkezis of Greece 113-108 in the second; beat Markiyan Ivashko of Ukraine 114-112 in the third and defeated Xing Xu of China 111-109 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Only Rahul Banerjee could reach the third round where he came a cropper against top seed Oh Jin Hyek of Korea, 109-112. Rahul had Daniel Ciornei of Romania in the first round 110-105 and defeated Mauro Nespoli of Italy in the second 114-107.
Jayanta Talukdar went out in the second round to Yavor Vasilov Hristov of Bulgaria, 108-111. He had a bye in the first round.
The senior-most archer Dola Banerjee lost to Khatuna Lorig of the U.S. 99-105 in the second after beating Wong Sook Wai Samantha of Singapore 106-102 in the first round. Rimil Buriuly, who got a first round bye, fell to Miki Kanie of Japan 105-108 in the second. Pratima Boro and Anneli Preimann of Estonia tied 104-104 at the end of 12-arrow contest. In the one-arrow shoot-off, Anneli won 9-8.
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Srither goes down gallantly in pre-quarter finals
National men's champion Chinna Raju Srither was the lone Indian to move in to the pre-quarterfinals of the compound event of the 45th World Archery Championship at Ulsan in South Korea on September 5. The Indian army archer from Tamil Nadu, however, lost to the top seed Reu Wilde of U.S. at 113-116.
Srither won three rounds with ease. He ousted 81st ranked Peter Vandekerkhof of Belgium at 112-107 before putting out 17th seed from France, Sebastien Brasseur, at 115-114. Confidence personified, Srither strolled past 49th ranked Daniel Munoz of Colombia at 115-113 before he Wilde put a stop to the Indian from making history.
Other two men's entries, Chungda Sherpa and Kh. Ratan Singh lost in the second round to higher ranked opponents. Sherpa fell to seventh seed Dejan Sitar of Slovakia at 112-116 and Singh was beaten by 29th ranked Dietmar Trillus of Canada at 112-117. Sherpa downed Adriel Boon Rong Chua of Singapore in the first round at 111-110 and Ratan Singh, ranked a lowly 93rd, ousted 36th ranked Seppie Cilliers of South Africa at 115-114 before the Canadian showed him the way out.
The three Indian women did even worse losing their way in the first round itself. Jhano Hansdah lost to much lower ranked Susanna Makkonen of Finland 105-110, Manjudha Soy was beaten by Dorith Landesfeind of Germany in the tie-breaker. The two tied at 103-103 after 12 arrows each and in the one-arrow shoot-off, the Indian scored a 9 as against the German's perfect 10. National sub-junior champion who fared well in the recently concluded Ogden Youth World Championship in the U.S., Sarikonda Jayalakshmi found the senior company too hot to handle and was outplayed by Fatima Agudo of Spain at 101-109.
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Indian men's recurve team finishes 3rd
Indian recurve archers began their campaign in a stunning fashion finishing the team qualification round with a third place finish as Koreans set three world records on the third day of the 45th World Archery Championship at the Ulsan International Archery Field on September 4.
The Indian trio of Mangal Singh Champia, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee put together a total of 4006 points to finish behind Korea (4122) and France (4026).
The Korean team’s total of 4122 is the new world record surpassing the earlier record of 4074 also set by Korea in 2003 New York World Championship.
Individually, Champia ended seventh overall with a total of 1345. Talukdar was 13th with 1340 and Banerjee was 32nd with 1321 in a field consisted of 115 archers.
Top Korean archer Oh Jin Hyek set two more records on a dramatic day when a lot of big names found the going tough. His individual total of 1386 was better than 1379 set by his compatriot Oh Kyo-Moon in 2000. Jin Hyek also set the record in 90m distance with a total of 342 as against previous best of 337.
Defending world champion Im Dong-Hyun of Korea ended a poor fourth with 1365 and Olympic champion Viktor Ruban of Ukraine was even further down at 11th with 1341. Olympic silver medallist Park Kyung Mo failed to make it to the championship and bronze medallist Bair Badenov of Russia was placed 12th.
In a field of 16 top teams, India would be seeded third thus they would avoid playing Korea before the final. If form played true, India and second seed France were expected to meet in the semifinals.
In the run-up to the world championship, the same three-member Indian men’s team won two gold and a silver medal in the first three World Cup meets. The trio also gave India the Asian championship team gold medal in 2007 after a gap of 18 years.
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Indian recurve women disappoint
Indian archery received another jolt when its recurve women failed to qualify for the team championship of the 45th world archery championship at Ulsan (South Korea) on the second day's competition on September 3, 2009.
The three Indian entries, Rimil Buriuly, Dola Banerjee and Pratima Boro, failed to withstand the big stage pressure and finished at 25th, 41st and 71st places respectively in the individual ranking. Rimil scored 1312 points over four distances - 70m, 60, 50 and 30m. Dola score was 1299 and Pratima managed 1257 points. The trio's total of 3868 points gave India only 18th place in the qualifying round. Only top 16 teams make it the championship round.
World champion Korea occupied all the top three positions through Ye Ji Kwak (1364), Ok-Hee Yun (1363) and Hyun-Jung Joo (1357) and as a team Korea stood first with 4084 points. China followed second with 3980 and Chinese Taipei was third with 3978.
Defending champion Natalia Valeeva of Italy ended 19th with 1319
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Indians begin on a disastrous note
Indian compound archers, nowhere near the world standard, found the going tough in the 45th world archery championship at Ulsan (South Korea) on September 2, 2009
Both the teams failed to qualify for the championship round and individually National champion Chinna Raju Srither was the best placed Indian at the 48th place in a field of 111. He scored 1359 points. Jhano Hansdah was the best among Indian women occupying 51st place in a field of 83. Jhano scored 1325 points.
Chungda Sherpa ended 58th with 1356 and Khuraijam Ratan Singh was 93rd with 1332. India's total of 4047 points earned them the 21st place out of 29 teams. Only top 16 teams make it to the knockout stage. Each archer shot 36 arrows over four distances - 90m, 70, 50 and 30m – for a total of 144 arrows.
Manjudha Soy scored 1313 to take the 62nd place and youngest Indian Sarikonda Jayalakshmi was 83rd and last with a total of 1253. Women compete over four-distance FITA round of 70m 60, 50 and 30m. As a team India finished 20th with 3891 points in a field of 21.
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Indian contingent named for 45th World Archery Championship
A six-member compound bow squad was finalised on July 30 by the Archery Association of India (AAI) to represent the country in the prestigious 45th World Championship to be held at Ulsan (South Korea) from September 1-9, 2009.
While the men's compound side remained intact, the women's team underwent a complete overhaul on current form. Veteran Jhano Hansdah was the lone survivor from the team that last played in the World Cup Stage III. Manjudha Soy and sub-junior National champion and team bronze medallist at the World Youth meet at U.S., Sarikonda Jayalakshmi, replaced Bheigyabati Chanu and Namita Yadav, respectively. Vrushali Gorle of Maharashtra was the fourth member of the team that last played.
The AAI took a conscious decision to drop the compound squad for the World Cup Stage IV after a none-too-impressive show in the previous three World Cups. Only a bronze medal came India's way through the women's team at the first World Cup at Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
The AAI secretary general, P.N. Mukherjee, also announced the inclusion of two names, Kapil of Chandigarh (men) and Reena Kumari of Railways (women) to the recurve squad for the ensuing World Cup Stage IV archery meet to be held at Shanghai (China) from August 4-9.
The Indian contingent for World Championship:
Men Recurve
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Women Recurve
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Jayanta Talukdar (Steel Plant)
Rahul Banerjee (Steel Plant) and
Mangal Singh Champia (Railways)
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Rimil Biruily (Steel Plant)
Pratima Boro (Steel Plant) and
Dola Banerjee (Railways)
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Men Compound
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Women Compound
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C Srither
Kh Ratan Singh and
Chungda Sherpa (all Services)
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Jhano Hansdah (Jharkhand)
Manjudha Soy (Jharkhand) and
S Jayalakshmi (Maharashtra)
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The Indian contingent for World Cup Stage IV:
Men Recurve
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Women Recurve
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Jayanta Talukdar (Steel Plant)
Rahul Banerjee (Steel Plant)
Mangal Singh Champia (Railways) and
Kapil (Chandigarh)
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Rimil Biruily (Steel Plant)
Dola Banerjee (Railways)
Pratima Boro (Steel Plant) and
Reena Kumari (Railways)
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Chief Coach : Limba Ram
Coaches : Lalrem Sanga, Richpal Singh and Lokesh Chand
Analyst : Sashi Prakash Saraf
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