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Sanam bags gold; bronze for Talukdar, Manjudha
India perhaps never had it so good in an Asian Archery Championship. India added one gold and two bronze medals from the individual competition to its earlier haul of one gold and two silver medals from the team championship of the 16th edition at Bali (Indonesia). India ended the championship with two gold, two silver and two bronze medals as against one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 15th edition held at Xi'an, China two years back.
Isiah Rajendra Sanam won the gold medal in the men's individual compound event of the on November 21. The 15th-ranked Andhra Pradesh archer pushed the fourth-ranked Indonesian Nyoman Puruhito to the silver place with a 106-103 final verdict. The win gave Sanam a creditable double, team and individual gold medals.
Fifth-seeded Jayanta Talukdar held his nerve to defeat 11th-seeded compatriot Mangal Singh Champia 112-110 in the men’s individual recurve bronze medal play-off.
Manjudha Soy came up with creditable victory against eighth-ranked Iranian Seyedeh Halimian 113-111 in the women's individual compound bronze medal play-off.
The biggest disappointment came from the women recurve archers. They had won the team bronze medal at Xi'an but the four-member team drew a blank. A lot was expected from veteran Chekrovolu Swuro, who had a long stint at Korea before the championship.
Rimil Buriuly moved into the quarterfinals where she fell to the top seeded Korean. Chekrovolu too lost to a Korean and Reena Kumari too was a victim of the same Korean girl. Laxmirani Majhi was eliminated by a Chinese in the pre-quarterfinals.
The highest score by an Indian woman in recurve was 110 by Chekrovolu in the first round. Rimil's highest was 107 and Laxmirani attained a high of 106. Reena Kumari had pathetic scores of 101 and 99 in two rounds she figured.
Any score less than 114/115 out of 120 would not guarantee a place in the next round especially from the quarterfinals onward. The earlier the Indian archers realised this it will be better for both the archer and the country.
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| Men's compound team wins gold medal India won a gold medal and two silver medals from the team championship of the 16th Asian Archery Championship at Bali on November 20. It was indeed an historic day as compound bow archery never had it so good in the past years since its introduction in the country in early 2000. Winning a gold medal notwithstanding, the women's team too earned a silver medal should bring immense pleasure to the followers of the sport in the country. Never in the history of Indian archery, had Indian compound archers won a gold and bronze in the same tournament that too a high profile championship likes Asian Championship. While the entire country was proud to receive the news, Indian men's recurve team's failure in the final was a cause for concern. India had been doing well throughout the year, winning two gold medals from the first two World Cup meets held at Santo Domingo and Porec. The presence of Korea at the third World Cup at Antalya did spur on the Indian threesome but it came a cropper to end the World Cup series with two gold medals and silver. At Bali though, the Indian men's compound team, consisting of C. Srither, Kh. Ratan Singh and Isiah R. Sanam, and ranked first ahead of Iran in the ranking round, won the gold medal by overcoming Iran 231-230 in the final. The Indian men's recurve team, comprising Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia, lost to Korea in the final at 219-222 and settled for the silver medal. The second silver medal came through women’s compound team, comprising Jhano Hansdah, Namita Yadav and Manjudha Soy. The trio lost the final to Korea 215-223. This was perhaps for the first time the Koreans have excelled in compound bow, a form of archery the nation shunned for long just because it was not an Olympic sport. Is it the beginning of Korean domination of compound bow section too? The Indian women's recurve side failed to get the bronze medal after losing to China in the play-off. Earlier, the team lost to Korea in the semifinals and moved into the bronze medal play-off. | ||||||||
| Isiah Sanam makes it to maiden final Isiah Rajendra Sanam, a former National champion, entered the men's individual compound final of the 16th Asian archery championship at Bali on November 19. A qualified pilot, Sanam displayed steel like nerve and rock like temperament to overcome a number of tough opponents on way to his maiden international final. Among the recurve archers, only Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia could reach up to the semifinals where they lost. The two will figure in the bronze medal play-off on November 21. Manjudha Soy will also figure in the women's compound bronze medal play-off. All the four Indian teams will be seen in action in the team elimination round on November 20. | ||||||||
India men's team finishes 2nd, Rahul Banerjee third
The Indian men's recurve team, comprising Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia, scored 3,953 points to rank second overall in the FITA round qualification of the 16th Asian archery championship at Bali (Indonesia) on November 18.
The women's compound side, consisting of Jhano Hansdah, Namita Yadav and Manjudha Soy, totaled 4,034 points to stand third overall, by far the best show in this championship.
Rahul Banerjee was the best placed among the Indians at third overall with a total of 1326 points. Talukdar stood fifth (1321), Champia was 11th (1306) and young Atanu Das occupied the 24th spot (1274), according to information received here.
In the women's compound section, Jhano was seventh overall with 1361. Gagandeep surprised with her improved display to come 11th with 1358 points. Namita with 1337 was 14th and Manjudha was 15th with 1336.
The results (Ranking round):
Men's Recurve:Team: 2. India (Banerjee, Talukdar and Champia) 3953 3. Rahul Banerjee (1326), 5. Jayanta Talukdar (1321), 11. Mangal Singh Champia (1306) and 24. Atanu Das (1274) Women's Compound: Team: 3. India (Jhano, Namita and Manjudha) 4034 7. Jhano Hansdah (1361), 11. Gagandeep Kaur (1358), 14. Namita Yadav (1337) and 15. Manjudha Soy (1336) | ||||||||
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Compound men 3rd, Recurve women 4th
India opened the 16th Asian Archery Championship at Bali (Indonesia) in a positive note with the Indian men's compound team totaling 4050 points in the FITA round qualification to rank third overall. The women’s recurve team occupied fourth spot with a total of 3941 points on November 17.
The men's compound team consisted of National champion C. Srither, Kh. Ratan Singh and Isiah R. Sanam. The women's recurve side had Rimil Buriuly, Laxmirani Majhi and Chekrovolu Swuro as members.
Individually, Srither was the best Indian in the ranking round being placed at second. The best women recurve archer was Rimil Buriuly at ninth.
Men's recurve and women's compound events will be gone through on November 18.
As many as 400 archers from 32 countries are participating in the four-day championship. The continental qualification for youth Olympics will also be held during the meet.
India has already booked a maximum of two berths (men and women) through Atanu Das and Seema Verma at the Youth World Championship at Ogden (US) in July this year.
The results (Ranking round):
Men's Compound: Team: 3. India (Srither, Ratan and Sanam) 4050. 2. C. Srither 1375 points, 10. Palton Hansda 1346, 13. Kh. Ratan Singh 1342, 15. Isiah R. Sanam 1333 Women's Recurve: Team 4. India (Rimil, Laxmi and Chekrovolu) 3941. 9. Rimil Buriuly 1314, 12. Laxmirani Majhi 1310, 19. Chekrovolu Swuro 1290, 31. Reena Kumari 1242. | ||||||||
Indian teams named for Asian GP, Asian meet
The Archery Association of India (AAI) on October 16 named the Indian teams for the fifth Asian Grand Prix at Dhaka from October 21 to 24 and for the 16th Asian Championship at Bali (Indonesia) from November 16-21.
The two-day trials held at the Sports Authority of India, Eastern Centre on October 14 and 15, saw some fine performances by up and coming archers. The biggest surprise of the trials was the failure of the three women Beijing Olympians, Dola Banerjee, Laishram Bombayla Devi and V. Pranitha to make it to the first team for the Asian Championship.
The AAI had decided to send the top four to the prestigious Asian meet and the next four to the Asian Grand Prix.
Competitions were held in FITA round and over 70m. The 52 archers in four categories (men's and women's recurve and men's and women's compound) participated in the FITA round where the men shot 36 arrows each over four distances: 90m, 70, 50 and 30m, for a total of 144 arrows. The women too shot 36 arrows each (total 144) over four distances: 70m, 60, 50 and 30m.
The next day the archers shot 36 arrows four times over 70m distance for a total of 144 arrows. The two totals were combined and the ranking finalised in a most transparent manner to the satisfaction of all archers.
At the end of two days of action, youngsters like Atanu Das and Pawan Xalxo (men's recurve), Belsari Narsary (women's recurve), Priyanshu Kachhap and Gagandeep Kaur (both women's compound) came to the fore giving Indian archery a terrific fillip.
Former junior men's compound world champion (2006) Palton Hansda returned to the Indian team after a considerable gap. Reigning cadet girls' world champion Deepika Kumari was unlucky to finish 10 due to equipment breakdown on the first day. Deepika, who is being groomed for the 2012 London Olympics, was the most impressive among the youngsters, according to coaches who attended the trials.
The return of Chekrovolu Swuro of Nagaland to the Indian team for the Asian meet was being seen as the resurgence of the old guard. With the form of veteran Dola Banerjee dipping by the day, the women's recurve team needed an experienced hand to lead the charge. Chekrovolu and Bombayla spent considerable time in Korea recently.
Talukdar too seemed to have regained his rhythm going by the scores he achieved during the trials. Rimil Buriuly's fourth place finish was a cause for worry as she would not be participating in the team championship.
The Indian contingent for The Asian championship squad:
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